Staking a Claim

Suzanne Franzway is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of South Australia. Her work is motivated by the puzzles and passions of the politics of everyday life and social justice. Dianne Court, feminist activist, unionist and teacher, died before she was able to complete a major project in the relationship between feminist theory, the women’s movement and the State.R.W. Connell is Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney, and a Life Member of the National Tertiary Education Union. She is best known internationally for studies on masculinity. She was one of the founders of this research field.

Review of the first publication:‘Staking a Claim is an important book. It is the first serious Australian attempt to investigate feminist engagements with 'the state', and to set this in a theoretical framework.’— McKenna, H F., The Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 25, Iss. 4

• Introduction Biographical note Part 1: The state in sexual politics 1. The problem: seeing sexual politics and seeing the state 2. Current theories 3. A framework Part 2: Case studies 4. Child care 5. Equal opportunity 6. Sexual violence Part 3: Feminism and bureaucracy 7. The ‘femocrat’ strategy 8. Gains and losses or Where will it all end? Appendix: Di Court’s project