Deeds and Words Gendering Politics after Joni Lovenduski [Hardcover]

This book addresses key themes in Lovenduskis seminal work. State-of-the-art chapters by leading scholars cover gender and parties; elected institutions and the state; quotas and recruitment; public opinion and womens interests.How does feminism shake up political science, the study of politics and electoral politics? What difference do feminist political scientists and politicians make to political institutions, policy processes and outcomes? The scholarship and activism of pioneering feminist political scientist Professor Joni Lovenduski helped establish these questions on the political science agenda. This book addresses key themes in Lovenduskis seminal work. State-of-the-art chapters by leading scholars cover gender and parties; elected institutions and the state; quotas and recruitment; public opinion and womens interests. Vignettes by prominent politicians and practitioners, including Dame Anne Begg MP, Baroness Gould, Deborah Mattinson, and the Rt Hon Theresa May, bring the academic analysis to life. Deeds and Words reveals the impact of feminist interventions on politics in the round. Its groundbreaking assessment of feminist scholarship and politics offers an appraisal of, and fitting tribute to, Lovenduskis own contribution to gender studies and feminist politics.ContentsList of Abbreviations ixContributors xiAcknowledgements xviiForeword by Albert Weale 1Introduction: Deeds and Words 3Rosie Campbell and Sarah ChildsChapter One: Gendering Political Science 15Vicky RandallChapter Two: The Comparative Study of Politics and Gender 35Yvonne GalliganChapter Three: Representation 51Karen CelisChapter Four: Feminising Political Parties 73Sarah Childs and Rainbow MurrayVignette  Gender and Party Politics: The feminisation of theConservative Party by Theresa May MP 91Chapter Five : Gender and Political Institutions 93Fiona Mackay with Faith Armitage and Rosa MalleyVignette  Gender and Political institutions: Twinning  the ScottishExperience by Alice Brl3©