Staking a Claim: Feminism, Bureaucracy and the State

By Suzanne Franzway, Dianne Court, Raewyn W. Connell, et al.

Book Overview

First published in 1989, Staking a Claim brings feminist experience and social theory together to produce a systematic view of the State as an agent in sexual politics, thereby placing in question the nature of the State itself. The book approaches this task at two levels: an argument about the theory of the State and the social analysis of gender; and a set of case studies--childcare, equal employment opportunities, sexual violence--on the interplay between feminism and State structure in Australia during a period of 15 years.

In drawing on the experience of feminist demands on the State, Staking a Claim reveals how the State is constituted by gender relations and shaped by the vicissitudes of sexual politics. It will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of sociology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041104251
• ISBN13: 9781041104254
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages