Feminists and Party Politics
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780774807739
Subjects: Feminism; Political parties; Politics/International Relations; Women And Politics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; North America; General; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Political Process - General
Description: "Feminists and Party Politics examines the effort to bring feminism into the formal political arena through established political parties in Canada and the United States.".

"Two major sets of questions lie at the heart of this inquiry. First, how have movement organizations approached partisan and electoral politics? To what extent have they tried to change parties? What factors have shaped their approaches? Second, how have parties themselves responded to the mobilization of feminism? Have they taken steps to include women in elite cadres?

Have they either adopted any of the policy stances advocated by feminist organizations or instead come to define themselves in opposition to feminism?"--BOOK JACKET.