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Title Gender and politics : the state of the discipline / Jane H. Bayes (edition)
Published Opladen, Germany ; Toronto : Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (237 pages))
Series World of political science.
Contents Introduction : situating the field of gender and politics / Jane H. Bayes -- The geopolitics of political science and gender studies in latin America / Breny Mendoza -- Gender and the state of political science in Africa / Amanda Gouws -- Creating political space for women in South Asia / Ranjana Kumari -- Taking stock, 1955-2005 : fifty years of women's political representation in Europe / Monique Leyenaar -- Gender and politics : mapping the terrain in the age of empire / Jane H. Bayes -- Feminist international relations : the state of the field / Elisabeth Prügel -- Western feminist theories : trajectories of change / Mary Hawkesworth -- Conclusion / Marian Simms and Jane H. Bayes
Summary This timely collection offers a fresh look on the impact of gender perspectives in the discipline of political science at the beginning of the 21st century. Jane Bayes combats the Eurocentric focus that has characterised both fields and suggests viable alternatives for the future of the disciplines
Analysis Political Science
Gender Studies
Politics
masculinities
women's movement
feminism
political representation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Feminism.
Women -- Political activity.
Feminism
feminism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Discrimination sexuelle.
Egalité des chances.
Féminisme.
Genre.
Rôle des femmes.
Feminism
Women -- Political activity
Form Electronic book
Author Bayes, Jane H., 1939-
LC no. 2019666777
ISBN 3866495250
9783866495258