This is an exciting new edition of R.W. Connell's groundbreaking text, which has become a classic work on the nature and construction of masculine identity. In its first edition, "Masculinities "provided one of the most important voices in feminist scholarship by men. Connell argued that there is no[...]

In Southern Theory Raewyn Connell presents the case for a new 'world social science' - one that is inclusive of many voices - by arguing for a more democratic global recognition of social theory from societies outside the dominant European and North American metropole. Intellectual production of the[...]

How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And what is the impact of globalization on gender issues?Raewyn Connell, one of the world's leading scholars in the field, answers these questions an[...]

What does social equality mean now, in a world of markets, global power and new forms of knowledge? In this new book, Raewyn Connell combines vivid research with theoretical insight and radical politics to address this question. The focus moves across gender equality struggles, family change, class [...]

I denna bok ger Raewyn Connell en översikt över och introduktion till genusforskningens centrala frågeställningar. Den utgår från att genus är en nyckeldimension i vårt privatliv, våra sociala relationer och vår kultur. I denna livsdimension ställs vi inför svåra praktiska problem som b[...]