书目

FeminizingPolitics(Themesforthe21stCenturySeries)

内容简介

Feministshavelongarguedthatthepresenceofwomeninpoliticsprovidesameansofarticulatingwomen’sperspectivesandissues.AsthenumberoffemaleMPsincreases,itisoftenclaimedthatthenatureofpoliticsitselfwillbetransformed.Butarewereallywitnessingthefeminizationofpolitics?Dowomenmakeadifferencetopoliticallifeand,ifso,underwhatcircumstances?Inthisfascinatingnewbook,JoniLovenduskiseekstoanswerthesequestionsbyexploringthechangesinthepoliticalrepresentationofwomensincethe1960s.FocusingprimarilyontheUK,butdrawingonexamplesfromotherpoliticalsystems,Lovenduskigoesontoconsiderhowinstitutions,processesandproceduresareaffectedbythechangingnumberofwomeninpolitics.Sheexploreswhatisatstakewhenwetrytoachieveequalityofwomenandmeninpublicoffice,anddrawsoutthewaysinwhichtheconstraintsandpossibilitiesforpoliticalactionaregendered.FeminizingPoliticsmakesavitalcontributiontodebatesabouttheroleofwomeninpoliticstoday.Itwillbeofinteresttostudentsandscholarsofcomparativepoliticsandgenderstudiesaswellastheinterestedgeneralreader.

作者简介

JoniLovenduskiisProfessorofPoliticsatBirkbeckCollege,London.

丛书

Themesforthe21stCenturySeries

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