1. Introduction / Jill Steans and Daniela Tepe-Belfrage
2. Still engaging from the margins? / J. Ann Tickner
Part I examples of approaches and methods
3. Gender as a variable in international relations research / Andrea Den Boer
4. Feminist historical materialist and critical theory / Adrienne Roberts
5. Poststructuralist feminism in world politics / Maria Stern
6. Reworking postcolonial feminisms in the sites of IR / Anna M. Agathangelou and Heather M. Turcotte
7. Masculinities in international relations / Paul Kirby
8. Sex, gender and sexuality / Terrell Carver
9. Feminist methodologies and world politics / Annick T. Wibben
Part II the politics of identity and belonging
10. The gendered state in international relations / Johanna Kantola
11. Gender and citizenship / Jeff Hearn and Alp Biricik
12. Gender and democratization / Jane S. Jaquette
13. Is identity politics compatible with the pursuit of global justice? / Kirsty Alexander and Catherine Eschle
14. Transnational feminist politics: a concept that has outlived its usefulness? / Bice Maiguashca
15. Is a transnational feminist solidarity possible? / Swati Parashar
16. Gender, protest and political transition in the Middle East and North Africa / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt
Part III
International law
17. Gender and international law / Hilary Charlesworth
18. Convention on the elimination of all forms of violence against women / Christine Chinkin
19. Lgbti rights: the international context / Toni A.m. Johnson
20. International criminal courts / Doris Buss
21. With all the regard due to her sex: gender and international humanitarian law / Helen M. Kinsella
22. Refugees and asylum / Jane Freedman
23. NGOs, feminist activism and human rights / Jutta Joachim
Part IV gendered violence
24. The gender of violence in war and conflict / Laura Sjoberg
25. Conflict-related sexual violence / Paula Drumond
26. Female suicide bombing / Claudia Brunner
Part V peace and security
27. Gender and security / Jenny Russell and Valerie M. Hudson
28. Gender difference in attitudes towards global issues / Richard C. Eichenberg and Blair M. Read
29. Economic sanctions and women's status in target countries / A. Cooper Drury and Dursun Peksen
30. The securitisation of human rights / Katherine E. Brown
31. Feminist security studies / Laura J. Shepherd
32. The women peace and security resolutions: UNSCR 1325 to 2122 / Laura Mcleod
33. Peacekeeping / Carol Harrington
34. Solving the problem of men and masculinities in the private military and security industry / Paul Higate
35. Gender, peace activism and anti-militarisation / Ruth Jacobson
Part VI global media and communications
36. Gender and popular culture / Christina Rowley
37. Cinema and film / Cristina Masters
38. New media and communications / Gillian Youngs
39. Computer games and the reinforcement of gender gaps / Varun Pande, Theo P. van Der Weide and Rekha Pande
Part VII political economy and development
40. Feminist political economy / Penny Griffin
41. Gender in global restructuring / Anne Sisson Runyan
42. Gender and migration / Eleonore Kofman
43. The global political economy of sex work / Nicola Smith
44. Gender in development / Zoe Pflaeger Young
45. Globalisation, development and the empowerment of women: the case of African traders / Akosua K. Darkwah
46. Social reproduction -the achilles heel of feminist transformation? / Shirin M. Rai and Catherine Hoskyns
Part VIII global governance
47. Gender in international governance / Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl, and Susanne Zwingel
48. What is feminist economics? / Drucilla K. Barker
49. The IMF, structural adjustment and poverty alleviation / Arne Ruckert
50. Gender and microfinance/microcredit / Heloise Weber
51. The international labour organization and the gender of work / Eileen Boris and Susan Zimmermann
52. Gender and sustainable development / Emma A. Foster
Part IX concluding reflections
53. How effective is gender mainstreaming in international peace and security policymaking? / Jacqui True
54. Conjoined, complex and "forgotten" worlds: gender in world politics / Marysia Zalewski.