Gender, Politics and Institutions [electronic resource] : Towards a Feminist Institutionalism /
Krook, M.editor.
Mackay, F.editor.
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach - feminist institutionalism - in order to answer crucial questions about power inequalities, mechanisms of continuity, and the gendered limits of change.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Gender, Politics, and Institutions; 2 Gender and Institutions of Political Recruitment: Candidate Selection in Post-Devolution Scotland; 3 Discursive Strategies for Institutional Reform: Gender Quotas in Sweden and France; 4 Gendered Institutions and Women's Substantive Representation: Female Legislators in Argentina and Chile; 5 Gendering the Institutional Reform of the Welfare State: Germany, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland
6 Gender and Institutions of Multi-Level Governance: Child Care and Social Policy Debates in Canada7 The Institutional Roots of Post-Communist Family Policy: Comparing the Czech and Slovak Republics; 8 Gendering Federalism: Institutions of Decentralization and Power-Sharing; 9 Gendered Institutionalist Analysis: Understanding Democratic Transitions; 10 Nested Newness and Institutional Innovation: Expanding Gender Justice in the International Criminal Court; 11 Conclusion: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index.
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach - feminist institutionalism - in order to answer crucial questions about power inequalities, mechanisms of continuity, and the gendered limits of change.
Political science.
Sociology.
Comparative politics.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political sociology.
Political Science.
Gender Studies.
Comparative Politics.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Political Sociology.