Gender and the local-global nexus theory, research, and action

• Other Authors: Demos, Vasilikie P., Segal, Marcia Texler, 1940-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, 2006.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Advances in gender research ; v. 10.
• Subjects: Sex role.; Sex discrimination.; Globalization > Social aspects.; Gender studies, gender groups.; Social Science > Gender Studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849504133 (electronic bk.) : 184950413X (electronic bk.) : 0762313129 (hbk.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) : ill.

The nine papers in this volume have a world in which the local/global connection is salient as background. Examining gender and its implications for feminist action within this setting, they fall into three overlapping categories. The first, theory, involves the theoretical consideration of gender a...