Political science & feminisms
Subtitle: integration or transformation?
By: Kathleen A. Staudt and William G. Weaver.
Contributors: Weaver, William G.
Series: The impact of feminism on the arts & sciences
Publisher: Twayne; Prentice Hall International
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Feminist theory -- Political aspects; Feminism -- Political aspects; Political science
Other titles: Political science and feminisms
Description: Authors Kathleen A. Staudt and William G. Weaver argue that political science as a discipline is operating well under full intellectual capacity because connections have not been made with women, gender, or feminist analysis. Staudt and Weaver thoroughly examine the discipline, incorporating analysis of the six relatively autonomous subfields that define political science - political theory, American politics, comparative politics, international relations, public law, and public administration.

Employing Rounaq Johan's integrative-transformative framework, Staudt and Weaver's study reaches beyond U.S. boundaries into comparative and international studies, connecting political science to other social sciences and humanities disciplines and identifying bridge points that can rejuvenate the mainstream of political science, which the authors view as narrow and constricted. Staudt and Weaver document their judgment persuasively.

They effectively combine in-depth analysis with original, substantive empirical data culled from mainstream journals, questionnaire responses, syllabi, and textbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.