Ann E. Cudd grew up in Ohio and received her BA from Swarthmore College, her MA in Economics, and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. She now teaches philosophy and is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Kansas. She is past president of the Society for Analytical Feminism. Professor Cudd lives in Lawrence, Kansas with her husband and three sons.

• Preface and Acknowledgements: Part I: A Framework for Analysis 1. Oppression: The Fundamental Injustice of Social Institutions: 2. Social Groups and Institutional Constraints: 3. Psychological Mechanisms of Oppression: Part II: Forces of Oppression 4. Violence as a Force of Oppression: 5. Economic Forces of Oppression: 6. Psychological Harms of Oppression: Part III: We Shall Overcome 7. Resistance and Responsibility: 8. Fashioning Freedom: Appendix, Notes, References, Index:

This excellent book presents a clear, coherent, and eminently defensible reformative account of the notion of oppression.

Ann E. Cudd grew up in Ohio and received her BA from Swarthmore College, her MA in Economics, and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. She now teaches philosophy and is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Kansas. She is past president of the Society for Analytical Feminism. Professor Cudd lives in Lawrence, Kansas with her husband and three sons.

• Preface and Acknowledgements: Part I: A Framework for Analysis 1. Oppression: The Fundamental Injustice of Social Institutions: 2. Social Groups and Institutional Constraints: 3. Psychological Mechanisms of Oppression: Part II: Forces of Oppression 4. Violence as a Force of Oppression: 5. Economic Forces of Oppression: 6. Psychological Harms of Oppression: Part III: We Shall Overcome 7. Resistance and Responsibility: 8. Fashioning Freedom: Appendix, Notes, References, Index:

This excellent book presents a clear, coherent, and eminently defensible reformative account of the notion of oppression.

Ann E. Cudd grew up in Ohio and received her BA from Swarthmore College, her MA in Economics, and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. She now teaches philosophy and is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Kansas. She is past president of the Society for Analytical Feminism. Professor Cudd lives in Lawrence, Kansas with her husband and three sons.

• Preface and Acknowledgements: Part I: A Framework for Analysis 1. Oppression: The Fundamental Injustice of Social Institutions: 2. Social Groups and Institutional Constraints: 3. Psychological Mechanisms of Oppression: Part II: Forces of Oppression 4. Violence as a Force of Oppression: 5. Economic Forces of Oppression: 6. Psychological Harms of Oppression: Part III: We Shall Overcome 7. Resistance and Responsibility: 8. Fashioning Freedom: Appendix, Notes, References, Index:

This excellent book presents a clear, coherent, and eminently defensible reformative account of the notion of oppression.