Geschlecht, Macht, Staat

The aim of feminist state theory is to make the gendering of the state visible. In this way, it can be shown how the modern Western state contributes to enabling and legitimising gendered relations of exploitation, violence and inequality. To this end, the author presents early approaches of feminist state theory as well as more recent queer-feminist and intersectional concepts. Theorisations of the relationship between state and gender as well as central thematic fields of feminist state theory are presented and discussed. The work has been extensively revised for the new edition.