The logics of gender justice : state action and women's rights around the world / Mala Htun, Univers...
The logics of gender justice : state action and women's rights around the world / Mala Htun, Univers...
The logics of gender justice : state action and women's rights around the world / Mala Htun, University of New Mexico, S. Laurel Weldon, Purdue University.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/3772
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: States and gender justice -- Feminist mobilization and status politics : combatting violence against women -- Governing women's legal status at work -- Doctrinal politics : religious power, the state, and family law -- Class politics : family leave and child care policy -- Reproductive...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of state action in 70 countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's rights issues involve different histories, trigger different conflicts, and activate different sets of protagonists. Change on violence against women and workplace equality involve...
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The logics of gender justice : state action and women's rights around the world / Mala Htun, University of New Mexico, S. Laurel Weldon, Purdue University.
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Cambridge studies in gender and politics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-338) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/3772
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74VKVAwj8a0d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAwj8a0d
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ISBN
1108405460 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781108417563 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1108417566 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781108405461 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
DDC
305.42
MMS ID
991024171683902626
