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This important reference collection focuses on central issues in contemporary feminist debate. It includes sections on the critique of mainstream political theories, the feminist reconstruction of political concepts, the impact on moral theory of the 'different voice' ethic of care, and the equality/difference debate. Feminism includes the most important literature on the central themes of domination and subordination, essentialism, race and class.

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Part 1 Critiques of mainstream political trends. Part 2 Domination and subordination. Part 3 Reconceiving political concepts: the public and the private; autonomy; contract and social relations; community. Part 4 The search for self and the debate about differences among women. Part 5 Feminism and the law - what is equal treatment. Part 6 Ethics of justice - ethics of care.

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    A Hardback by Susan M. Okin, Jane Mansbridge

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      Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/01/1994
      ISBN13: 9781852785659, 978-1852785659
      ISBN10: 1852785659

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This important reference collection focuses on central issues in contemporary feminist debate. It includes sections on the critique of mainstream political theories, the feminist reconstruction of political concepts, the impact on moral theory of the 'different voice' ethic of care, and the equality/difference debate. Feminism includes the most important literature on the central themes of domination and subordination, essentialism, race and class.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Critiques of mainstream political trends. Part 2 Domination and subordination. Part 3 Reconceiving political concepts: the public and the private; autonomy; contract and social relations; community. Part 4 The search for self and the debate about differences among women. Part 5 Feminism and the law - what is equal treatment. Part 6 Ethics of justice - ethics of care.

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