Confronting Equality: Gender, Knowledge and Global Change

by Raewyn W. Connell

From Australia's best-known sociologist comes a passionate argument for the value social analysis brings to our understanding of the world, and a fresh and bold agenda for social justice.

Genres: Feminism

215 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Raewyn Connell (also known as R.W. Connell and Robert W. Connell) is an Australian sociologist. She gained prominence as an intellectual of the Australian New Left. She is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney and known for the concept of hegemonic masculinity and southern theory.

Reviews

[Sinem Asya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each chapter was beautifully written but that chapter on Negri was the absolute best. I have never read anything that explained Negri in such simpler terms. I might assign it to undergrads.