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Gender and Politics: The State of the Discipline
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Abstract This timely collection reviews the field of gender and politics and its relationship to the discipline of political science at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The authors recognize and document the Eurocentric focus that has characterized both fields and suggest viable alternatives for th... view more
This timely collection reviews the field of gender and politics and its relationship to the discipline of political science at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The authors recognize and document the Eurocentric focus that has characterized both fields and suggest viable alternatives for the future. This volume identifies major questions raised by scholars in several regions of the world and summarizes so-me of their findings.This truly global collection acknowledges the different nature of gender and politics as a field of study in regions beyond the European and Anglo-American academic realm. Four major approaches are presented by contributors from Latin America, Africa, South Asia, Europe, the United States and Oceania.... view less
Keywords
gender; gender studies; political science; feminism; representation; political participation; women's movement; affirmative action; international comparison
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
City
Opladen
Page/Pages
237 p.
Series
The World of Political Science - The development of the discipline
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/86649104
ISBN
978-3-86649-525-8
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed