Charisma and Religious War in America

The most interesting, vibrant and booming city in 1920s America was Los Angeles. Tens of thousands of new folks annually flocked to the City of Angels to enjoy its balmy,

Citizens of Scandal

In Citizens of Scandal, Vanessa Freije explores the causes and consequences of political scandals in Mexico from the 1960s through the 1980s. Tracing the process by which Mexico City reporters

Gendered Mobilizations and Intersectional Challenges

A long and ongoing challenge for social justice movements has been how to address difference. Traditional strategies have often emphasized universalizing messages and common identities as means of facilitating collective

Gender Equality in Politics

This book provides a timely and unique contribution to current debates on how effectively voluntary party quotas address the persistent underrepresentation of women in legislatures. Using a most similar case

Feminists Rethink the Neoliberal State

Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia

Providing a comprehensive overview of the study of gender in South Asia, this Handbook covers the central contributions that have defined this area and captures innovative and emerging paradigms that

Producing Workers

As the politicization of cultural identities—based on religion, ethnicity, gender, race—has come to play a central role in shaping relations between and among peoples, issues of difference raise unsettling questions

Transnational Feminism in the United States

The acceleration of economic globalization and the rapid global flows of people, culture, and information have intensified the importance of developing transnational understandings of contemporary issues. Transnational feminist perspectives have

India’s New Middle Class

Inside the emergence of India’s rapidly expanding middle class Leela Fernandes digs into the implications of the growth of the middle class in India and uncovers—in the media, in electoral

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

The German Green Party changed extensively since their founding in the 1980ies. Starting as a radical outsider they moved into the center of the German party system. One indicator for