Gendering the Nation-state

Download or read book Gendering the Nation-state written by Yasmeen Abu-Laban and published by University of British Columbia Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science -- the nation-state. Yasmeen Abu-Laban has drawn together work by both high-profile and emerging scholars to rescue gender from the margins of theoretical discussions on the nation, the state, public policy, and citizenship. Contributors bring the insights of feminist analysis to bear on three relationships central to popular and policy discussions in contemporary Canada and beyond: gender and nation, gender and state processes, and gender and citizenship. Gendering the Nation-State employs a comparative framework and builds on three decades of multidisciplinary work. Nuanced and wide-ranging, the collection crosses and challenges physical, theoretical, and disciplinary borders to appeal to scholars in political science, gender studies, and sociology. Yasmeen Abu-Laban is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Widely published in the areas of difference and citizenship, she is co-author of Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity, and Globalization. Contributors Yasmeen Abu-Laban Caroline Andrew Janine Brodie Louise Chappell Maya Eichler Jane Jenson Paul Kershaw Judy Rebick Marian Sawer Francesca Scala Jackie F. Steele Linda Trimble Jill Vickers Shauna Wilton