Focusing on the relationship between gender, education and citizenship, this book explores, from a feminist perspective, how the concept of citizenship has been used in relation to gender, and how young people are being prepared for male and female forms of citizenship.

Chapter 1: Sociological perspectives Chapter 2: Feminist politics Chapter 3: Teachers, gender and discourses Chapter 4: Changing femininity Chapter 5: England expects every man Chapter 6: Gender and ‘race’ equality Chapter 7: Addressing the Gender Agenda Chapter 8: Freedom's Children Chapter 9: Educating the global citizen

Lynn Davies, University of Birmingham:There is without doubt a need for this book. No other collection or single authored book that I know of brings together gender, citizenship and education. Markets in UK and US and would be as a course book on postgraduate courses for pre-service and in-service teachers, and for Master’s programmes more broadly in education and the social sciences. There may be some market within policy makers and donor agencies, in terms of those promoting versions of ‘civic education’ in different countries. This would be a main text for a specialised course on citizenship education and recommended reading for modular work. Courses would be: PGCE courses for teachers of citizenship and history education; Masters’ programmes in citizenship and democracy; Modules on citizenship, democracy or human rights within an MA programme; Gender and education courses. There are also an increasing number of research students across the world doing work on citizenship education, particularly comparative work, who would benefit from being exposed to the ideas and imperatives in this book. Kathleen Weiler:I assume this book would become a central text in graduate courses in gender and education and policy studies. It will be used by scholars in these fields and would also be used in undergraduate courses.Madeleine Arnot is one of the leading figures in gender and education internationally. Her work is widely known in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and in Europe and the developing world. Her many articles and co-authored books have made a powerful impact on the field of gender and education and her book Reproducing Gender? was very positively reviewed. She has been working in the field of gender, education, and citizenship for several years now and is probably the best-known scholar working in this area. This collection represents her ongoing work and I have not doubt it will be received with great interest and will become a seminal text. I strongly support publication of this book.