Gender Inequality Products

By Carol Farbotko

This book addresses the question of domestic ecological labour from an eco-feminist perspective, creating new ground at the intersection of critical labour, environmental, and gender studies. It explores the proposition that the practice and politics of domestic labour being undertaken in the name…

Hardback – 2017-09-30 
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Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

By Leslie Hume

First published in 1981, this book traces the history of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897-1914. Whereas most historians have focused on the more militant aspect of the struggle for female enfranchisement, embodied by the Women’s Political and Social Union (WPSU),…

Paperback – 2017-09-30 
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By Robert S. Rycroft

If there was any question before, there is no longer a question today: inequality, discrimination, poverty and mobility are prominent national issues. The notion of "The American Dream" has been sold to generations of young Americans as the idea that working hard and following your dreams will…

Paperback – 2017-09-26 
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By Juliet Watson

Survival sex, commonly understood to be the exchange of sex for material support, is a practice that is associated with young homeless women. However, such a narrow definition of survival sex fails to recognise the multiple, complex, and co-existing motivations of young homeless women for engaging…

Hardback – 2017-09-25 
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Youth, Young Adulthood and Society

Edited by Natividad Gutiérrez Chong, Jenny B Clark

In the post-Cold War era, economic globalization has resulted in the buying and selling of human beings. Poverty, social instability, lawlessness, gender biases, and ethnic hostility have entrapped millions in the world of modern day slavery, with the result that human trafficking is one of the…

Paperback – 2017-09-24 
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Edited by Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp

While promoting access to resources and systems of support for those affected by gender-based violence is absolutely crucial, this new book focuses attention on the important question of how communities can take action to prevent violence and abuse. Using examples of current research and practice,…

Paperback – 2017-09-21 
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Edited by Ebru Kongar, Jennifer C. Olmsted, Elora Shehabuddin

Bringing together feminist analyses of economic processes and outcomes with feminist critiques of orientalism, this book examines the diverse economic realities facing women in a range of Muslim communities. This approach pays special attention to the role of Islam in economic analyses of gender…

Paperback – 2017-09-06 
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Edited by Richard Waller, Nicola Ingram, Michael R.M. Ward

A university education has long been seen as the gateway to upward social mobility for individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and as a way of reproducing social advantage for the better off. With the number of young people from the very highest socio-economic groups entering university…

Hardback – 2017-08-21 
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Sociological Futures

By Christina Scharff

What is it like to work as a classical musician today? How can we explain ongoing gender, racial, and class inequalities in the classical music profession? What happens when musicians become entrepreneurial and think of themselves as a product that needs to be sold and marketed? Gender,…

Hardback – 2017-08-18 
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Routledge Research in Gender and Society

By Mia Liinason

In recent times where European welfare states are undergoing serious economic and social crises and being increasingly exposed to criticism, there has been a noticeable revival of feminist interest in the issues of equality. Focusing on a signature aspect of Scandinavian welfare states, Equality…

Hardback – 2017-08-10 
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Routledge Research in Gender and Society

By Carlene Firmin

Peer on peer abuse is on the rise but there is a lack of literature on the topic. Taking a sociological and feminist perspective, this book reshapes the way this abuse is perceived by examining the interplay between the nature of the abuse and the gendered social context. Using case studies,…

Paperback – 2017-07-30 
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Adolescence and Society

Edited by Sherilyn MacGregor

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment gathers together state-of-the-art theoretical reflections and empirical research from leading researchers and practitioners working in this transdisciplinary and transnational academic field. Over the course of the book, these contributors provide…

Hardback – 2017-06-19
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