Joni Lovenduski (ed.)

State Feminism and Political Representation

Herausgeber: Lovenduski, Joni

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Short description/annotation
Offers a unique assessment of the impact of women's movements on public policy.

Main description
How can women maximise their political influence(?)33; Does state feminism enhance the political representation of women(?)33; Should feminism be established in state institutions to treat women's concerns(?)33; Written by experts in the field, this book uses an innovative model of political influence to construct answers to these and other questions in the long-running debate over the political representation of women. The book assesses how states respond to women's demands for political representation both in terms of their inclusion as actors and the consideration of their interests in the decision making process. Debates on the issue vary from country to country, depending on institutional structures, women's movements, and other factors, and this book offers the first comparative account of the subject. The authors analyse eleven democracies in Europe and North America and present comprehensive research from the 1960s to the present.

Table of contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Gendering political representation: debates and controversies in Austria Regina Köpl; 3. The Belgian paradox: inclusion and exclusion of gender issues Petra Meier; 4. A politics for presence. State feminism, women's movements and political representation in Finland Anne Maria Holli and Johanna Kantola; 5. Gendering the Republican system: debates on women's political representation in France Claudie Baudino; 6. WPAs and political representation in Germany Lynn Kamenitsa and Brigitte Geissel; 7. Gendering the debate on political representation in Italy: a difficult challenge Marila Guadagnini; 8. High tides in a low country gendering political representation in the Netherlands Jantine Oldersma; 9. The women's movement, gender equality agencies, and central-state debates on political representation in Spain (1983-2003) Celia Valiente; 10. Party feminism, state feminism and women's representation in Sweden Diane Sainsbury; 11. Party government and women's representation debates: the UK Joni Lovenduski; 12. Women's policy agencies, the women's movement, and representation in the US Janine A. Parry; 13. Conclusions: state feminism and political representation; Appendix 1: Tables of women's representation in eleven countries; Appendix 2: The RNGS model.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780521852227
• ISBN-10: 0521852226
• Artikelnr.: 22384211

Autorenporträt

Joni Lovenduski is Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is author of Women and European Politics (1986) and Feminising Politics (1995) and editor of Feminism and Politics (2000). She has co-authored and co-edited a number of other books and has published numerous papers, articles and chapters on gender and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Gendering political representation: debates and
controversies in Austria Regina Köpl; 3. The Belgian paradox: inclusion and
exclusion of gender issues Petra Meier; 4. A politics for presence. State
feminism, women's movements and political representation in Finland Anne
Maria Holli and Johanna Kantola; 5. Gendering the Republican system:
debates on women's political representation in France Claudie Baudino; 6.
WPAs and political representation in Germany Lynn Kamenitsa and Brigitte
Geissel; 7. Gendering the debate on political representation in Italy: a
difficult challenge Marila Guadagnini; 8. High tides in a low country
gendering political representation in the Netherlands Jantine Oldersma; 9.
The women's movement, gender equality agencies, and central-state debates
on political representation in Spain (1983-2003) Celia Valiente; 10. Party
feminism, state feminism and women's representation in Sweden Diane
Sainsbury; 11. Party government and women's representation debates: the UK
Joni Lovenduski; 12. Women's policy agencies, the women's movement, and
representation in the US Janine A. Parry; 13. Conclusions: state feminism
and political representation; Appendix 1. Tables of women's representation
in eleven countries; Appendix 2. The RNGS model.

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1. Introduction; 2. Gendering political representation: debates and controversies in Austria Regina Köpl; 3. The Belgian paradox: inclusion and exclusion of gender issues Petra Meier; 4. A politics for presence. State feminism, women's movements and political representation in Finland Anne Maria Holli and Johanna Kantola; 5. Gendering the Republican system: debates on women's political representation in France Claudie Baudino; 6. WPAs and political representation in Germany Lynn Kamenitsa and Brigitte Geissel; 7. Gendering the debate on political representation in Italy: a difficult challenge Marila Guadagnini; 8. High tides in a low country gendering political representation in the Netherlands Jantine Oldersma; 9. The women's movement, gender equality agencies, and central-state debates on political representation in Spain (1983-2003) Celia Valiente; 10. Party feminism, state feminism and women's representation in Sweden Diane Sainsbury; 11. Party government and women's representation debates: the UK Joni Lovenduski; 12. Women's policy agencies, the women's movement, and representation in the US Janine A. Parry; 13. Conclusions: state feminism and political representation; Appendix 1. Tables of women's representation in eleven countries; Appendix 2. The RNGS model.

Rezensionen

'... a valuable contribution to the field ...' Political Studies Review