Gender and Governance -Hardcover

Book Summary of Gender And Governance "States are where the power lies," and "power is gendered." With these simple statements, Lisa D. Brush turns a gendered lens on states, power,and governance, showing the inherent inequalities in political systems and gender lens allows a clear assessment of the different effects state power and social policies have on men and women, highlighting both difference and dominance in the governance of gnder. She then turns her ey on the way that state power supports male dominance,. the gender of governance. About Author : Lisa D. Brush teaches sociology and women's studies at the University of Pittburgh. Contents : Foreword Acknowledgments Gender, States,and Social Policies Where the Power Is Governance and Gender Governance though a Gender Lens The Governance of Gender The Gender of Governance Toward Feminist Governance Changing the Subject Slouching toward where the Power is Suggestion for Further Reading References Index