This new title in the Politics of . . . Series addresses the major theme of the politics of gender. Chapters on a variety of issues, contributed by experts in the field of gender, include Human Trafficking, Gender in International Relations, the Construction of Masculinity in Hollywood Movies, Gender and Climate Change, and Mainstreaming Gender in the Peace and Security Agenda of the African Union.

An A–Z glossary offers supplementary information on key terms, with entries including abortion, commission on the status of women, ecofeminism, equal access, human rights, migration, population control, and sex tourism.