The article critically reviews the recent publications in the field of social sciences regarding
the themes of 'Southern theories','theories from the South'and 'epistemologies of the …

Public policy documents on gender and health mostly rely on categorical understandings of
gender that are now inadequate. Poststructuralist thought is an advance, but relational …

We live in a modern age, but what does 'modern'mean and how can a reflection on
'modernity'help us to understand the world today? These are the questions that Peter …

Discussions of globalization and masculinity need to be reconsidered through a critical
examination of the global economy of knowledge. Scholarship in the South is generally …

In the nineteenth century, Latin America was home to the majority of the world's democratic
republics. Many historians have dismissed these political experiments as corrupt …

The development of research on masculinity since the 1980s has produced rich evidence of
the diversity of masculinities. This is now an established research field and has had many …

Tradução de João Maia processo de trabalho mais amplo no qual o conhecimento é
produzido e circulado. Na produção contemporânea de conhecimento, tal como vista em …

We know very little about variations in urban class and ethnic segregation among nations
and even less about differences among cities in different regions of the world. Spatial …

La sociologie, fille prodigue de la modernité, tarde à entrer dans les enjeux du XXIe siècle.
La raison en est sa difficulté à appréhender ce qui constitue la nature même du social à …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the field of knowledge
about masculinities, and particularly to show the need for post-colonial perspectives …