While accepting the postmodern view that societies are becoming fragmented and social identities more fluid, this study concludes that modernist insights are still vital. It pulls together work in the areas of class, gender, race and age.[...]

Gender issues have become an increasingly prominent concern of academics and policy-makers. Although the death of feminism has often been pronounced, feminist ideas still permeate modern thinking. But what exactly do we mean by gender? How can we best understand gender differences? How are current g[...]

Globalization and Work challenges conceptions of globalization as a project orchestrated by governments, multinational companies and international agencies.[...]

New edition of a popular and highly lauded introduction to gender - the first edition won Choice's outstanding academic title award. Provides an excellent survey of the key theoretical approaches that have been developed in gender studies, and how they relate to social and political life.[...]