Gender in Political Theory

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This wide-ranging and accessible book provides a thorough overview of the key debates in gender and political theory.

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Judith Squires

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'Judith Squires has done a marvellous job both in schematizing thetrajectories of contemporary feminisms and in relating these tocurrent debates in political theory. Her writing is wonderfullylucid, while her analysis is admirably incisive. I would verystrongly recommend this book to anyone seeking a pathway throughthe plethora of recent works on gender.' Diana Coole, Queen Maryand Westfield College, University of London 'Gender in Political Theory is a thoughtful, denselyargued text. Judith Squires has provided students of politics withan indispensably insightful, nuanced and thoroughly engagingexploration of the complex, yet often paradoxical ways thatfeminist debates about the centrality of gender as an analyticcategory have fundamentally transformed the discipline of politics.Navigating deftly among many contested perspectives on the projectof Western feminist theory and the study of politics, Squiresprovides a comprehensive and eminently readable assessment of theways that different approaches to theorizing gender reframe andreconstruct the political.' Kathy Jones, San Diego StateUniversity 'The closing decades of the twentieth century saw an upsurge ofinterest in the analysis of gender and the production ofincreasingly sophisticated gender theory which, as Squiresdemonstrates, challenges the boundaries and assumptions ofconventional political theory ... This book provides animpressively clear exposition of many of these debates which neverloses sight of the complexity of the ideas involved and which showsa sound command of both mainstream and feminist political thought... an important contribution to our understanding of gender inpolitical theory.' Contemporary Politics 'This is quite simply an excellent read and a thoughtful,engaging and compelling discussion of how gendered concepts andconcerns have "gendered" political theory. It should be requiredreading for every undergraduate approaching the study of politicsand sets the agenda for a fruitful cross-fertilization of feministideas and political theory for the 21st century.' PSAPost-structuralism and Radical Politics Specialist Group
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