Gendering Party Politics examines the relationship between gender, institutions, and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens, advancing new theoretical, methodological, and empirical directions for party politics scholarship. Contributors synthesize two decades of research, introduce foundational concepts and frameworks, present innovative methods and global empirical cases, and evaluate whether (and how) parties can be changed to promote gender equality. Together, these contributions highlight the wide-ranging relevance of feminist institutionalist perspectives for research on political parties, democracy, and representation.…mehr
Gendering Party Politics examines the relationship between gender, institutions, and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens, advancing new theoretical, methodological, and empirical directions for party politics scholarship. Contributors synthesize two decades of research, introduce foundational concepts and frameworks, present innovative methods and global empirical cases, and evaluate whether (and how) parties can be changed to promote gender equality. Together, these contributions highlight the wide-ranging relevance of feminist institutionalist perspectives for research on political parties, democracy, and representation.
Meryl Kenny is Professor of Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests bridge the intersection of gender politics, party politics, territorial politics, and institutional approaches to the study of politics. She is the author of Gender and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and articles published in the European Journal of Political Research, Politics & Gender, Political Studies, European Journal of Politics & Gender, and Government & Opposition amongst others. She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series, Studies in Feminist Institutionalism. Elin Bjarnegård is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government at Uppsala University. Her research interests are at the intersection of comparative politics and gender studies, and include masculinities, political parties, violence, corruption, and institutions. Her publications have appeared in journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Democracy, and Journal of Peace Research. She is the author of Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and editor of Gender and Violence against Political Actors (Temple University Press, 2023). She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series, Studies in Feminist Institutionalism.
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* List of Contributors * Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. Gender, parties, and institutions * Elin Bjarnegard and Meryl Kenny * Part One: Concepts * 2. Between party democracy and parity democracy * Petra Meier, Sabine Lang, and Birgit Sauer * 3. Gender and political ambition * Louise Davidson-Schmich * 4. The leaky pipeline of politics * Zahra Runderkamp and Meryl Kenny * 5. Gender, newness, and party system change * Karen Beckwith * 6. Political parties and roots of resistance to gender-equitable change * Cecilia Josefsson * Part Two: Methods and Cases * 7. Preventing and handling violence in Danish political parties * Karina Kosiara-Pedersen * 8. Young women aspirants and gendered ageism in Nigeria's political parties * Omomayowa O. Abati and Mayowa M. Adeniji * 9. Collective candidate strategies and diverse representation in Brazil * Malu A.C. Gatto and Kristin N. Wylie * 10. Women's institutional belonging and self-making in a right-wing party in India * Proma Raychaudhury * 11. Quantifying gender and immigrant bias in Swedish candidate selection * Michal Grahn * 12. Green parties and gender equality in the European Parliament * Petra Ahrens and Johanna Kantola * 13. Women's parties as agents of contagion * Kimberly Cowell-Meyers * Part Three: Transforming Political Parties * 14. From feminization to feministization through party gender action plans * Tania Verge * 15. Gender sensitizing political parties and the feminist academic critical actor * Sarah Childs * 16. Exploiting empowerment in Lebanon's sectarian political parties * Carmen Geha * Conclusion * 17. Looking back, moving forward: editors' conversation with Joni Lovenduski and Pippa Norris * Joni Lovenduski, Pippa Norris, Elin Bjarnegard, Meryl Kenny * References * Index
* List of Contributors * Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. Gender, parties, and institutions * Elin Bjarnegard and Meryl Kenny * Part One: Concepts * 2. Between party democracy and parity democracy * Petra Meier, Sabine Lang, and Birgit Sauer * 3. Gender and political ambition * Louise Davidson-Schmich * 4. The leaky pipeline of politics * Zahra Runderkamp and Meryl Kenny * 5. Gender, newness, and party system change * Karen Beckwith * 6. Political parties and roots of resistance to gender-equitable change * Cecilia Josefsson * Part Two: Methods and Cases * 7. Preventing and handling violence in Danish political parties * Karina Kosiara-Pedersen * 8. Young women aspirants and gendered ageism in Nigeria's political parties * Omomayowa O. Abati and Mayowa M. Adeniji * 9. Collective candidate strategies and diverse representation in Brazil * Malu A.C. Gatto and Kristin N. Wylie * 10. Women's institutional belonging and self-making in a right-wing party in India * Proma Raychaudhury * 11. Quantifying gender and immigrant bias in Swedish candidate selection * Michal Grahn * 12. Green parties and gender equality in the European Parliament * Petra Ahrens and Johanna Kantola * 13. Women's parties as agents of contagion * Kimberly Cowell-Meyers * Part Three: Transforming Political Parties * 14. From feminization to feministization through party gender action plans * Tania Verge * 15. Gender sensitizing political parties and the feminist academic critical actor * Sarah Childs * 16. Exploiting empowerment in Lebanon's sectarian political parties * Carmen Geha * Conclusion * 17. Looking back, moving forward: editors' conversation with Joni Lovenduski and Pippa Norris * Joni Lovenduski, Pippa Norris, Elin Bjarnegard, Meryl Kenny * References * Index
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