Readers of Global Gender Research will learn to compare and contrast feminist concerns globally, gain familiarity with the breadth of gender research, and understand the national contexts that produced it. This volume provides an in-depth comparative picture of the current state of feminist sociological gender and women's studies research in four regions of the world—Africa, Asia, Latin America/the Caribbean, and Europe—as represented by many countries. The introductory essay to each region explains how social science research on women and/or gender issues has been shaped by economics, politics, and culture, and by trends that are simultaneously local, regional, and global. It familiarizes readers with the wide range of salient issues, research methods, writing styles, and leading authors from around the globe. Each regional section includes several chapters on gender research in specific countries that represent the region's diversity and cover the major theoretical and empirical trends that have emerged over time, as well as the relationship of key research questions to feminist activism and women’s or gender studies. Next, the editors illustrate this new wave of gender scholarship with translated/reprinted samples of research articles from additional countries in the region, that cover a wide range of important global topics—such as work, sexuality, masculinities, childcare and family issues, religion, violence, law and gender policies. Finally, this volume provides scholars with extensive bibliographies and a listing of web sites for women’s and gender research centers in 85 countries.

This book provides a review of the bioregionalist theory in the field of spatial planning and design as a suitable approach to cope with the growing concerns about the negative effects of metropolization processes and the need for a sustainable transition. The book starts out with a section on rethinking places for community life, and discusses the reframing of regional governance and development as well as social justice in spatial planning. It introduces the concept of the urban bioregion, a pivotal concept that underpins balanced polycentric spatial patterns and supports self-reliant and fair local development. The second part of the book focuses on planning, and particularly on the issues that arise from the ‘circular’ recovery of the relation between city and agro-ecosystems for integrated planning and resilience of settlements and discusses topics such as foodshed planning, biophilic urbanism and the integration of rural development and spatial planning. This volume sets out the reference framework for Volume II which deals with more specific and operational issues related to spatial policies and settlement design.

Mujeres en claves surgió en el proceso de lectura colectiva del libro de Marcela Lagarde. Es contentivo de un proceso interesante entre mujeres feministas que han realizado un esfuerzo intelectual de autonombramiento, base esencial para nutrir liderazgos diferentes y no autoritarios. Cada una de las catorce historias, engloban un mundo de esfuerzos, desafíos, logros, tristezas, alegrías, solidaridades, complicidades, de donde emerge contundente el legado que han dejado otras mujeres en sus vidas. Este libro contiene además una selección aleatoria de algunas de las claves feministas analizadas por Lagarde en su libro, mi libro. Es una forma de seguir compartiendo con las mujeres de nuestro entorno esos aportes tan significativos y que son definitivamente una herramienta útil para el logro de "avances posibles en la vida de cada una". Luego de su lectura no lo guardes, compártelo con otras mujeres, para continuar tejiendo las maravillas de nuestras propias claves.