Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium

Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments to the Fourth Edition......Page 12
Acknowledgments to the Third Edition......Page 16
Acknowledgments to the Second Edition......Page 20
Acknowledgments to the First Edition......Page 24
Acronyms......Page 26
1. Introduction: Gender and Global Issues......Page 30
The Intersectional Study of Gender......Page 31
Gender as a Lens on World Politics......Page 34
Gender and Global Issues......Page 37
Gender and Global Crises......Page 40
Gender Gains: Repositionings of Women and Men in World Politics......Page 46
Global Crises: Remasculinizations of World Politics......Page 54
Mapping the Book......Page 59
2. Gendered Lenses on World Politics......Page 68
How Lenses Work and Why They Matter......Page 69
The Power of Gender......Page 83
The Power of Gender as a Meta-Lens in World Politics......Page 93
Feminist World Politics Lenses......Page 102
Global Gendered Divisions of Power, Violence, Labor, and Resources......Page 111
3. Gender and Global Governance......Page 128
Feminist Approaches to Politics......Page 131
Women Actors in Global Governance......Page 133
Barriers to Women\'s Participation in Global Governance......Page 140
Institutionalizing Global Gender Equality......Page 150
Neoliberal Govermentality and the New Global Politics of Gender Equality......Page 160
Women in Politics Versus Feminist Politics......Page 162
4. Gender and Global Security......Page 168
Feminist Approaches to Security......Page 171
Gendered Security......Page 173
Women, Militaries, and Political Violence......Page 177
Men, Militaries, and Gender Violence......Page 187
Gendered Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peace-Building......Page 198
(De)Militarizing Feminism......Page 202
Disarming Security......Page 206
5. Gender and Global Political Economy......Page 210
Feminist Approaches to Global Political Economy......Page 214
Women, Gender, and Development......Page 217
Anatomies of Neoliberal Globalization......Page 222
Women, Gender, and Neoliberal Globalization......Page 229
Gendered Financialization......Page 244
Gendered Resources......Page 250
Gendered Divisions of Resources......Page 252
Toward Resisting Neoliberalism......Page 261
6. Gendered Resistances......Page 266
Feminist Resistance Politics......Page 267
Toward Degendering World Politics......Page 284
Suggested Activities for Research and Discussion......Page 302
Web and Video Resources......Page 310
References......Page 318
About the Authors......Page 338
Index......Page 340