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Gender, Politics and Institutions : Towards a Feminist Institutionalism / edited by M. Krook, F. Mackay.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gender and Politics, 2662-5822
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science.
- Sex.
- Comparative government.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political sociology.
- Political Science.
- Gender Studies.
- Comparative Politics.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Political Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Political Science.
- Gender Studies.
- Comparative Politics.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Political Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613028402
- 9781283028400
- 1283028409
- 9780230303911
- 0230303919
- OCLC:
- 707917940
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