{"product_id":"gendering-the-nationstate-9780774814652","title":"Gendering the NationState","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science – the nation-state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e…political scientists and other social scientists will benefit from reading \u003cem\u003eGendering the Nation-State\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sara Mitchell, University of Ottawa * Canadian Public Policy\/Analyse de politiques, vol xxxvii, no 3 *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGendering the Nation State: An Introduction \/ \u003cem\u003eYasmeen Abu-Laban\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Gender and Nation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Gendering the Hyphen: Gender Dimensions of Modern Nation-State Formation in Euro-American and Anti- and Post-Colonial Contexts \/ \u003cem\u003eJill Vickers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Gender and Nation in the Soviet\/Russian Transformation \/ \u003cem\u003eMaya Eichler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Projecting Gender and Nation: Literature for Immigrants in Canada and Sweden \/ \u003cem\u003eShauna Wilton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Gender and State Processes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Assembling Women, Gendering Assemblies \/ \u003cem\u003eLinda Trimble\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Feminist Ideals versus Bureaucratic Norms: The Case of Feminist Researchers and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies \/ \u003cem\u003eFrancesca Scala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Framing Feminists: Market Populism and Its Impact on Public Policy in Australia and Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eMarian Sawer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Women’s Rights and Religious Opposition: the Politics of Gender at the International Criminal Court \/ \u003cem\u003eLouise Chappell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Gender and Citizenship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Putting Gender Back In: Women and Social Policy Reform in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eJanine Brodie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Citizenship in the Era of New Social Risks. What Happened to Gender Inequalities? \/ \u003cem\u003eJane Jenson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Care\u003cem\u003efair\u003c\/em\u003e: Gendering Citizenship “Neoliberal” Style \/ \u003cem\u003ePaul Kershaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Republican Liberty, Naming Laws, and the Role of Patronymy in Constituting Women’s Citizenship in Canada and Quebec \/ \u003cem\u003eJackie F. Steele\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Gendering Nation States and\/or Gendering City-States: Debates about the Nature of Citizenship \/ \u003cem\u003eCaroline Andrew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword: The Future of Feminism \/ \u003cem\u003eJudy Rebick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404917252439,"sku":"9780774814652","price":73.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774814652.jpg?v=1730488044","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gendering-the-nationstate-9780774814652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}