* List of Tables and Illustrations * Acknowledgments to the Second Edition * Acknowledgments to the First Edition * List of Acronyms * 1. Introduction: The Gender of World Politics * How Lenses Work * Why Global? * Why Gender? * Why Issues? * The Immediacy and Import of Global Gender Issues * Notes About This Text * Mapping the Book * 2. Gender as a Lens on World Politics * Denaturalizing Gender * The Social Construction of Gender and Gender Hierarchy * The Gendered Who, What, and How of World Politics * Gendered Divisions of World Politics * Conclusion * 3. Gendered Divisions of Power * Women as State Actors * How and Why Are These Women Rendered Invisible? * Why So Few? * How Do Women Get to the Top? * What Are the Gender Consequences of Women in Power? * What Makes Actors/Agents Powerful? Who Gets Attention? For What? * Locating Power: Nationally and Internationally * Conclusion * 4. Gendered Divisions of Violence, Labor, and Resources * Violence: War and Security Issues * Labor: Economic Issues * Resources: Equity and Ecology Issues * Conclusion * 5. The Politics of Resistance: Women as Nonstate, Antistate, and Transstate Actors * Women's Movements * Practical and Strategic Gender Interests * Antiwar and Peace Movements * Nationalist and Antinationalist Movements * Economic Movements * Ecology Movements * Conclusion * 6. Ungendering World Politics * Ungendering Power and Politics * Ungendering Violence * Ungendering Labor * Ungendering Resources * Conclusion * Discussion Questions * Notes * Suggested Readings * Websites * Glossary * Index