Jane Bayes (ed.)
Gender and Politics:
The State of the Discipline
The World of Political Science:
The development of the Book Series Edited by Michael Stein and John Trent
2012. 260 pp. Pb. 29,90 € (D), 30,80 € (A), 41,90 SFr, US$45.95, GBP 26.95
ISBN 978-3-86649-104-5
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.
From the Contents:
Jane H. Bayes, Introduction: Situating the Field of Gender and Politics
Breny Mendoza, The Geopolitics of Political Science and Gender Studies in Latin America
Amanda Gouws, Gender and The State of Political Science in Africa
Ranjana Kumari, Creating Political Space for Women in South Asia
Monique Leyenaar, Taking Stock: 1955 – 2005: Fifty Years of Women’s Political Representation in Europe
Jane H. Bayes, Gender and Politics: Mapping the Terrain in the Age of Empire
Elisabeth Prügl, Feminist International Relations – The State of the Field
Mary Hawkesworth, Western Feminist Theories: Trajectories of Change
Marian Simms and Jane H. Bayes, Conclusion
The editor:
Jane H. Bayes
Professor of Political Science, California State University, Northridge
Director of the International Social Science Council’s Research Network on Gender, Globalization and Democratization
Gender and Politics
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