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Women, politics and the public sphere

Women, politics and the public sphere

by Ann Brooks (Author)

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    Paperback 2019

    $31.70
Synopsis

Women, Politics and the Public Sphere is a socio-historical analysis of the relationship between women, politics and the public sphere. The book focuses intellectually on the legacy of eighteenth century women thinkers, writers and political philosophers in understanding the emergence of women public intellectuals in the US and UK and highlights how women public intellectuals now reflect much more social and cultural diversity. Women public intellectuals in the US examined in the book include: Samantha Power, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Elizabeth Warren, Condoleezza Rice, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 174
 Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 24 Apr 2019
ISBN 10: 144734135X
ISBN 13: 9781447341352

Media Reviews
A remarkable book about women as public intellectuals, covering three centuries. Obstacles & opportunities to women's involvement in the public sphere, including in the USA, are carefully analysed. Miriam E. David, Professor Emerita, UCL Institute of Education
Author Bio
Ann Brooks is a Visiting Professor at the Australian Catholic University in 2018-19. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Ann has held positions as Professor of Sociology, at Bournemouth University and Head of School and Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at University of Adelaide. She has held research fellowships at University of California, Berkeley and at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. Her latest book is Genealogies of Emotions, Intimacy and Desire: Theories of Changes in Emotional Regimes from Medieval Society to Late Modernity (Routledge, 2017). Ann's forthcoming book is Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society (Routledge, 2019).