Feminist Democratic Representation

ISBN-13: 9780190087722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str.

Karen Celis; Sarah Childs

Recenzje

Beyond describing the problem of women's under-representation in governing bodies, Celis and Childs argue that in addressing these systems, we must take into account that women cannot be theorized as a homogeneous group and that it is necessary to devise modes that specify what it means to represent women inclusive of differences that exist among women. This is an important read for those who are searching for a more substantive debate on what constitutes women's interests and who is capable of delivering that representation.

O autorze

Karen Celis is Research Professor at the Department of Political Science, and co-director of Research of RHEA Research Centre Gender Diversity Intersectionality of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She conducts theoretical and empirical research on the democratic quality of political representation from the perspective of disadvantaged groups and intersectionality. She is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook on Gender and Politics. Sarah Childs is Professor of Gender and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research is centered on the theory and practice of women's representation, gender and political parties, parliaments, and institutional change. She is the author of New Labour's Women MPs and Women and British Party Politics, co-author of Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party with Paul Webb, and author of 2016 The Good Parliament Report on the UK House of Commons.