Gender Politics Products

By Elizabeth Ettorre

Autoethnography is an ideal method to study the ‘feminist I’. Through personal stories, the author reflects on how feminists negotiate agency and the effect this has on one's political sensibilities. Speaking about oneself transforms into stories of political responsibility - a key issue for…

Hardback – 2016-12-02
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Edited by Sandra Ponzanesi

This wide-ranging collection of essays elaborates on some of the most pressing issues in contemporary postcolonial society in their transition from conflict and contestation to dialogue and resolution. It explores from new angles questions of violent conflict, forced migration, trafficking and…

Paperback – 2016-11-16
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Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

Edited by Nina Lykke

This edited volume combines cutting-edge research on feminist and intersectional writing methodologies with explorations of links between academic and creative writing practices. Contributors discuss what it means for academic writing processes to explore intersectional in-between spaces between…

Paperback – 2016-11-16
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Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

Edited by Nikita Dhawan, Antke Engel, Christoph H.E. Holzhey, Volker Woltersdorff

Employing feminist, queer, and postcolonial perspectives, Global Justice and Desire addresses economy as a key ingredient in the dynamic interplay between modes of subjectivity, signification and governance. Bringing together a range of international contributors, the book proposes that both…

Paperback – 2016-11-08
Routledge
Social Justice

Edited by Stephanie Buechler, Anne-Marie S. Hanson

This edited volume explores how a feminist political ecology framework can bring fresh insights to the study of rural and urban livelihoods dependent on vulnerable rivers, lakes, watersheds, wetlands and coastal environments. Bringing together political ecologists and feminist scholars from…

Paperback – 2016-10-11
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Routledge International Studies of Women and Place

By Silke Roth

This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement…

Paperback – 2016-06-09
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Routledge Humanitarian Studies

Edited by Jennifer Hargreaves, Eric Anderson

The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality brings together important new work from 68 leading international scholars that, collectively, demonstrates the intrinsic interconnectedness of sport, gender and sexuality. It introduces what is, in essence, a sophisticated sub-area of sport…

Paperback – 2016-04-29
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Routledge International Handbooks

Edited by Christopher Hobson, Paul Bacon, Robin Cameron

"Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security. It offers a way of broadening our perspective, and recognizing that the most pressing threats to individuals do not come from…

Paperback – 2016-04-24
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Routledge Humanitarian Studies

By Sreevidya Kalaramadam

Since the mid-1980s, the presence of women in governance has become a major marker of successful democracy in global and national discourses on the democratization of society. A diverse set of nation-states have legislatively mandated gender quotas to ensure the presence of elected women…

Hardback – 2016-04-06
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Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

By Beth Osnes

Though development researchers have proven that the participation of women is necessary for effective sustainable development, development practitioners still largely lack culturally appropriate, gender-sensitive tools for including women, especially women living in poverty.　 Current tools used in…

Paperback – 2015-10-12
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Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

By Jo Lindsay, JaneMaree Maher

This book explores contemporary families as sites of consumption, examining the changing contexts of family life, where new forms of family are altering how family life is practised and produced, and addressing key social issues – childhood obesity, alchohol and drug addiction, social…

Paperback – 2015-09-16
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Routledge Advances in Sociology

Edited by Melissa Leach

For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose lives and well-being are at stake must be involved in leading the way. Gender Equality and Sustainable Development calls for policies, investments and initiatives in…

Paperback – 2015-08-10
Routledge
Pathways to Sustainability