Theory on gender/feminism on theory
By: Paula England, editor.
Contributors: England, Paula.
Series: Social institutions and social change
Publisher: A. de Gruyter; Aldine Transaction; Routledge
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Feminist theory
Other titles: Theory on gender.; Feminism on theory.
Description: "How do various social theories explain gender inequality? Are these theories infused with masculinist biases that need to be redressed with insights from feminist theory? To address these questions, this collection of original essays features prominent sociologists discussing the strengths and the limitations of the theoretical traditions within which they have worked." "Among the theoretical perspectives included are those of Marxism, world system theory, macrostructural theories, rational choice theory, neofunctionalism, psychoanalysis, ethno-methodology, expectation states theory, poststructuralist symbolic interactionism, and network theory." "Each of the chapter-length essays of the first two sections provides an overview of the theory, explains its implications for gender inequality, reviews empirical research, and comments upon sexist biases or other limitations of the perspective. The final section contains chapters on feminist debates over methodology, critical commentaries on the preceding papers by four feminist scholars, and replies by the original authors."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.