Over the last two decades our understanding of the relationship of gender, politics and the state has been transformed almost beyond recognition by the mutual interrogation of feminism and political science. This volume provides an overview of this dynamic and growing field, which reflects both its expanding empirical scope and the accompanying theoretical development and debate.
The first three essays focus primarily on conceptual and theoretical issues: the meaning of 'gender'; the state's role in the construction of gender within the public and private sphere; and the political...

Gender, politics and the state has been influenced by the interaction between feminism and political science. This volume provides an overview of this field, reflecting its empirical scope and the accompanying theoretical development and debate. The first three essays focus primarily on conceptual and theoretical issues: the meaning of gender; the state's role in the construction of gender within the public and private sphere; and the political representation of gender differences within liberal democracy. The remaining six provide analyses of more concrete issues of state policy and...

Mass communications media play a potentially crucial role both in democratization and in ensuring democracy's survival. The essays commissioned for this volume analyze differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

Mass communications media play a potentially crucial role both in democratization and in ensuring democracy's survival. The essays commissioned for this volume analyze differing aspects of the complex relationship between the media and democracy in a diverse range of national contexts.

This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn from a wide and diverse range of regions and countries. All chapters have been extensively amended and updated for this substantially revised edition to include such developments as the debt crisis and democratisation, and a new chapter has been added on the impact of globalisation on the postcolonial world.