How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And how is gender entwined in global politics and debates over trans issues?

Raewyn Connell and Tristan Bridges - leading scholars of gender and inequality - answer these questions and more. Their updated revision provides a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to modern gender studies, covering empirical research from all around the world, in addition to theory and politics. As well as introducing the field, Gender: In World Perspective provides a powerful contemporary framework for gender analysis with a strong and distinctive global awareness. Highlighting the multidimensional character of gender relations, Connell and Bridges show how to link personal life with large-scale organizational structures, and how gender politics changes its form in changing situations.

The fifth edition of this influential book brings the statistical picture of gender inequalities up to date, offering new, close-focus case studies of gender research. Like previous editions, it examines gender politics and global power relations, but with added discussion around contemporary issues of intersectionality, populism, and "anti-gender" politics, gender-based violence, trans struggles, and environmental change. It also speaks at the intimate level, about embodied gender and personal relationships.

Gender: In World Perspective moves from personal experience to global problems, offering a unique perspective on gender issues today.

About the Author

Raewyn Connell is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney.

Tristan Bridges is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews

"My thanks to Raewyn Connell and Tristan Bridges for this timely reference book on gender, which revisits theoretical debates and research contributions from different latitudes in the context of a global backlash and the struggle for equality and non-discrimination as a civilizational horizon."
Teresa Valdes, Gender and Equity Observatory

"Connell and Bridges show how gender has shaped power relations in the postcolonial world. Combining global and local perspectives, they bring in the rich harvest of gender research worldwide. This book is essential reading and a miracle."
Ilse Lenz, Ruhr University Bochum

Book Information
ISBN 9781509568857
Author Raewyn Connell
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd