Women, Gender, and World Politics - by Peter Beckman (Paperback)

About the Book

Written as an introductory textbook for the study of world politics and the analysis of gender, this work is suitable for courses in International Relations, international political economy, women's studies, gender studies, and Feminist studies. The 14 authors who have collaborated on this publication are a diverse group of diplomats, scholars, and political activists from the United States, Canada, and many other nations. This text is designed to parallel traditional IR introductory texts that examine the field and describe how it ought to be studied and why. The contributors consider gender analysis as an alternative perspective for understanding world politics. For instructors, this anthology offers both a complement to and a critique of traditional approaches to the study of world politics.

Book Synopsis

Written as an introductory textbook for the study of world politics and the analysis of gender, this work is suitable for courses in International Relations, international political economy, women's studies, gender studies, and Feminist studies. The 14 authors who have collaborated on this publication are a diverse group of diplomats, scholars, and political activists from the United States, Canada, and many other nations. This text is designed to parallel traditional IR introductory texts that examine the field and describe how it ought to be studied and why. The contributors consider gender analysis as an alternative perspective for understanding world politics. For instructors, this anthology offers both a complement to and a critique of traditional approaches to the study of world politics.

Review Quotes

?[A]n introductory textbook designed to parallel conventional international relations survey texts, differing from them by presenting gender analysis as an alternative perspective on traditional topics. It complements and critiques traditional approaches by asking: Does gender matter in world politics? How might students seek answers to this question?...the collection succeeds admirably in being user-friendly even as it conveys a great deal of information across a broad range of topics... This accessible and informative text enables us to 'see' how men and women are affected differently by international relations and how taking gender seriously might alter the study and practice of world politics.?-The Journal of Politics

"ÝA¨n introductory textbook designed to parallel conventional international relations survey texts, differing from them by presenting gender analysis as an alternative perspective on traditional topics. It complements and critiques traditional approaches by asking: Does gender matter in world politics? How might students seek answers to this question?...the collection succeeds admirably in being user-friendly even as it conveys a great deal of information across a broad range of topics... This accessible and informative text enables us to 'see' how men and women are affected differently by international relations and how taking gender seriously might alter the study and practice of world politics."-The Journal of Politics

"[A]n introductory textbook designed to parallel conventional international relations survey texts, differing from them by presenting gender analysis as an alternative perspective on traditional topics. It complements and critiques traditional approaches by asking: Does gender matter in world politics? How might students seek answers to this question?...the collection succeeds admirably in being user-friendly even as it conveys a great deal of information across a broad range of topics... This accessible and informative text enables us to 'see' how men and women are affected differently by international relations and how taking gender seriously might alter the study and practice of world politics."-The Journal of Politics

About the Author

PETER R. BECKMAN is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He is the author of World Politics in the Twentieth Century (1984) and co-author of The Nuclear Predicament (2d ed, 1992).

FRANCINE D'AMICO is Visiting Research Fellow in the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. She has written on women at war and the combat controversy. She is an officer of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section in the International Studies Association.