Policy politics and gender : Women gaining ground

There is a book that finally identifies and develops the connections between women's politics and public policies and practices at national and international levels. Kathleen Staudt, political scientist and gender studies specialist, focuses on political activism and strategies that have influenced great change in state and international policies. The covers local and global institutions, from NGOs to entire governments, to international agencies. She also focuses on the people and their political processes within, between and outside those institutions. Staudt examines the realities of social range from all perspectives reminding us that all institutions, within and outside of government, are sources and sites for struggle. Key policy areas, such as education and work, are addressed by Staudt through gender analysis, brining institutional and cultural social structures into the picture.