Handbook of Gender and Global Governance

The studies and practices of global governance have not always centralised gender, and many approaches to governance continue to ignore its significance. Engaging with examples of global governance and covering a broad range of questions and challenges, this interdisciplinary Handbook underscores the necessity of gender analysis, and what might be missed when it is overlooked.The Handbook explores how, where and why gender matters by investigating examples from diverse regimes, including environment, finance, human rights, justice, security, and trade. It highlights the connection between global governance and historical and ongoing efforts by the Global North to regulate perceived security risks posed by the Global South. Leading scholars map a broad theoretical and empirical governance landscape, capturing an array of gendered inputs into global governance systems and practices. In doing so contributing authors argue that gender expertise impacts the strategies pursued by governance actors, and that conflict and instability are rarely resolvable without attention to gendered disparities and inequalities.The Handbook of Gender and Global Governance is a vital resource for scholars, students and practitioners of gender and feminist studies, governance and government, international relations and political economy. Policymakers, developers and practitioners will also greatly benefit from its insights into decision-making and foreign policy.