Offers insights into social science debates by analyzing feminist theories of the state. This book argues that we need feminist tools for analyzing states and focuses on two debates, domestic violence and childcare, as areas where feminists...
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Offers insights into social science debates by analyzing feminist theories of the state. This book argues that we need feminist tools for analyzing states and focuses on two debates, domestic violence and childcare, as areas where feminists discursively construct the state
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-192) and index
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Gender and the State: Theories and Debates; 2 Feminist Comparative Discourse Analysis; 3 Feminists 'in' the State? Childcare Debates in Finland; 4 Feminists 'out' of the State? Domestic Violence Debates in Britain; 5 Comparisons of Feminist Discourses about the State; 6 Gender, State and New Institutions; 7 New Directions for Feminist State Theory; Notes; Bibliography; Index
