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Book SynopsisGendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science – the nation-state.
Trade ReviewThe 14 essayists in this book have brilliantly analyzed gender and nation, gender and state processes and gender and citizenship. This is a scholarly book showing the way to justice, equality and understanding for the role of women in the state. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * Lower Island News, Vol. 25, 2008 *
…political scientists and other social scientists will benefit from reading Gendering the Nation-State. It contributes to the breaking down of boundaries in political science and clearly connects theories to both empirical knowledge and the political outcomes that affect women directly.
-- Sara Mitchell, University of Ottawa * Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, vol xxxvii, no 3 *
This is an excellent collection. While its main focus is clearly on gender and the state, the book makes important contributions to our understanding of nationalism, comparative politics, neoliberalism, postcolonialism, risk society and the role of transnational actors and NGOs. The collection clearly establishes that analyzing gender is not just a matter of “adding” insights to existing analyses but that gendered perspectives often fundamentally challenge the way in which traditional categories and analyses are constructed. As Yasmeen Abu-Laban makes clear in her introduction, the collection “is a response to a disciplinary incompleteness in political science. -- Carol Johnson * Canadian Journal of Political Science (2011), 44: 458-459 *
Table of ContentsContributors
Acknowledgments
Gendering the Nation State: An Introduction / Yasmeen Abu-Laban
Part 1: Gender and Nation
1 Gendering the Hyphen: Gender Dimensions of Modern Nation-State Formation in Euro-American and Anti- and Post-Colonial Contexts / Jill Vickers
2 Gender and Nation in the Soviet/Russian Transformation / Maya Eichler
3 Projecting Gender and Nation: Literature for Immigrants in Canada and Sweden / Shauna Wilton
Part 2: Gender and State Processes
4 Assembling Women, Gendering Assemblies / Linda Trimble
5 Feminist Ideals versus Bureaucratic Norms: The Case of Feminist Researchers and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies / Francesca Scala
6 Framing Feminists: Market Populism and Its Impact on Public Policy in Australia and Canada / Marian Sawer
7 Women’s Rights and Religious Opposition: the Politics of Gender at the International Criminal Court / Louise Chappell
Part 3: Gender and Citizenship
8 Putting Gender Back In: Women and Social Policy Reform in Canada / Janine Brodie
9 Citizenship in the Era of New Social Risks. What Happened to Gender Inequalities? / Jane Jenson
10 Carefair: Gendering Citizenship “Neoliberal” Style / Paul Kershaw
11 Republican Liberty, Naming Laws, and the Role of Patronymy in Constituting Women’s Citizenship in Canada and Quebec / Jackie F. Steele
12 Gendering Nation States and/or Gendering City-States: Debates about the Nature of Citizenship / Caroline Andrew
Afterword: The Future of Feminism / Judy Rebick
Notes
Bibliography
Index
