In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues.[...]
Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are standar[...]
In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists. Our philosophical heritage,[...]
I denna debattbok reser den amerikanska statsvetaren och filosofen Susan Moller Okin en synnerligen aktuell fråga: hur bör demokratiska stater hantera konflikten mellan å ena sidan deras bekännelse till jämlikhet mellan könen och å andra sidan kraven på respekt och särskilda rättigheter fr[...]