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      Depletion

      Shirin M. Rai

      When thinking about the work of caring for others we often neglect the human cost born by those performing this care. Feminists have long talked about the ways in which…

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      Depletion

      Shirin M. Rai

      When thinking about the work of caring for others we often neglect the human cost born by those performing this care. Feminists have long talked about the ways in which…

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      Stirring It

      First published in 1994 Stirring It debates the challenges which confront feminism and Women's Studies in the 1990s. In the face of current worldwide political and social upheavals, Stirring It…

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      Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women

      Shirin M. Kai

      Reflects the commitment of the United Nations to promote mechanisms that aim to achieve equality between women and men. This book identifies institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women including…

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      Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State: Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women

      Shirin M. Kai

      Reflects the commitment of the United Nations to promote mechanisms that aim to achieve equality between women and men. This book identifies institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women including…

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      Global Social Movements

      This text provides a broad and systematic analysis of social movements in a globalizing world, integrating case material fom a range of fields.

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      Civil Society: Democratic Perspectives

      This volume examines the idea of civil society in its historical and contemporary dimensions.

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      Chinese Politics and Society: An Introduction

      Flemming Christiansen,Shirin Rai

      An introduction to Chinese politics which provides an accessible overview of the structures and dynamics of modern Chinese politics. The work analyzes political institutions within the broader context of Chinese…

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      Civil Society: Democratic Perspectives

      This volume examines the idea of civil society in its historical and contemporary dimensions.

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      Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State?: National Machineries for the Advancement of Women

      Shirin Rai

      As democratization has come to be seen as important to securing long-term political stability, the role of national machineries for the advancement of women become more and more relevant. The…

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      The Gender Politics of Development: Essays in Hope and Despair

      Shirin M. Rai

      Provides a comprehensive assessment of how gender politics has emerged and developed in post-colonial states. This book argues that the gendered way in which nationalist statebuilding occured created deep fissures…

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      Ceremony and Ritual in Parliament

      This book combines mainstream historical and social science approaches with cultural theory to consider how parliamentary ritual is constructed through ceremony, space and socialisation. This book was published as a…

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      Gender and the Political Economy of Development: From Nationalism to Globalization

      Shirin M. Rai

      * A comprehensive introduction to the impact of development on men and women, and of their differing contributions to politics and economics * Offers a new theoretical account of gender…

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      Gender and the Political Economy of Development: From Nationalism to Globalization

      Shirin M. Rai

      Focuses on the gendered nature of the political economy of development, and the shifts that have occurred as economies and states have moved from a development process that is state-focused…

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      Women in the face of change: The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China

      Examines how political and economic change in what used to be called the “communist bloc’ affects the millions of women who live in these societies.

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      New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy

      This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.

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      New Frontiers in Feminist Political Economy

      This volume brings together the work of outstanding feminist scholars who reflect on the achievements of feminist political economy and the challenges it faces in the 21st century.

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      The Grammar of Politics and Performance

      This volume brings together important work at the intersection of politics and performance studies. While the languages of theatre and performance have long been deployed by other disciplines, these are…

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      The Grammar of Politics and Performance

      This volume brings together important work at the intersection of politics and performance studies. While the languages of theatre and performance have long been deployed by other disciplines, these are…

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      Women and the State International Perspectives: International Perspectives

      Offering a wide-ranging selection of case studies, this book evaluates women’s political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It explores both specific experiences of women as well as…

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      Women and the State International Perspectives: International Perspectives

      Offering a wide-ranging selection of case studies, this book evaluates women’s political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It explores both specific experiences of women as well as…

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      Rethinking Empowerment: Gender and development in a global/local world

      Conluding that power must be restored as the centrepiece of empowerment and in order to provide meaningful ammunition for dealing with the challenges of an increasingly unequal, and often sexist…

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      The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance

      Political scientists and political theorists have long been interested in social and political performance. Theatre and performance researchers have often focused on the political dimensions of the live arts. Yet…

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      Performing Representation: Women Members in the Indian Parliament

      Shirin M. Rai (Professor, Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick),Carole Spary (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham)

      Breaking new ground in scholarship on gender and politics, Performing Representation is the first comprehensive analysis of women in the Indian parliament. It explores the possibilities and limits of parliamentary…

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