Thiseditedvolumefocusesonacentralplankoffeministpolitics,i.e.thestruggleforequality.Itattemptstofindanswerstothefollowingquestions:Inwhatwayshavefeministpursuitsbroughtaboutmoreequalityinwomen’slives?Orhasthestruggleforequalityproducedmorelawandinvitedgreaterregulationintowomen’slivesratherthantransformation?Arethereotherwaysinwhichtoengageequalityandthestate?Itpointsoutthatasfeminismhasgonemainstream,feministdiscontentseemstohavesuccumbedtorespectabilityandtherewardofinclusion.Feminismasagrandtheoryisprobablyover.However,feminismasanintellectualprojectneedscriticalreorientation.Intenchapters,thevolumecoversawiderangeofissuesfromaroundtheworld:feministengagementwithlaw;feminism’sengagementwithsexualityandqueerpolitics;theideaoffreedomandequalityintheneoliberalframe;postcolonialfeminism,etc.Well-knownfeministscholarssuchasBrendaCossman,RatnaKapur,AzizaAhmed,MargaretThornton,etc.cometogetherfromdifferentlocations-India,US,Europe,Australia,andCanada-forthiscriticalassessmentandquestioningoffeministtheoryandpolitics.Thevolumecriticallyengagescertaincurrentsinfeministtheoryandpractice,suchas’subordination’,’dominance’,’structural’,’governance’,’cultural’and’carceral’feminism.Pointingoutthedangersoffeministanalysesthatrelyondualisticunderstandingsofsex/genderasalsotheassumedinevitabilityofwomen’ssubordinationandtheharmfulnessof(hetero)sexualityforwomen,thisvolumedecriessuchnarrowandself-referentialfeministparadigms.Thevolumealsoshowshowthesehavenotonlyfailedtoofferpersuasiveappraisalsofcontemporaryinternationalproblemsbuthavealsoendedupservingandlegitimizingneoliberalandneoconservativeprojects.
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