State Feminism and Political Representation

ISBN-13: 9780521617642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 336 str.

Joni Lovenduski; Claudie Baudino; Marila Guadagnini

Opis

How can women maximize their political influence? Does state feminism enhance the political representation of women? Should feminism be established in state institutions to treat women's concerns? Developed by field experts, 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 in terms of their inclusion as actors, as well as the consideration of their interests in the decision making process.

Recenzje

'this volume is the product of a ten-year collaborative effort to assess the impact of state feminism on women's political representation … [it] is essential reading for students and scholars interested in issues of women's political representation in Europe …'. International Feminist Journal of Politics

Spis treści

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.