Gender and Sovereignty: Feminism, the State and International Relations

Gender and Sovereignty seeks to reconstruct the notion of sovereignty in post-patriarchal society. Sovereignty is linked to emancipation, and an attempt is made to free both concepts from the static characteristics which derive from the Enlightenment and an uncritical view of the state. To reconstruct sovereignty, we must look beyond the state. Sovereignty, analysed in relational terms, becomes aligned with autonomy and self-determination in a world in which men and women can only be sovereign when they empower one another.

Author: J. Hoffman
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/16/2001
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.98w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780333751404

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2001 pg. 388
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 152

About the Author
JOHN HOFFMAN is Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics at the University of Leicester. His research interests include the state, sovereignty, feminism and Marxism. He is the author of Beyond the State (1995) and Sovereignty (1998).