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