The Politics of State Feminism

by McBride, Dorothy E.; Mazur, Amy G.

• ISBN13: 9781439902073
• ISBN10: 1439902070
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-28
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Summary

Addressing essential questions of women's movement activism and political change in Western democracies

Author Biography

Dorothy E. McBride is Professor Emerita of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University.

Amy G. Mazur is C.O. Johnson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at Washington State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Framework and Foundations
The State Feminism Project	p. 3
Concepts and Mixed Methods	p. 27
Mapping Women's Policy Agencies	p. 48
Exploring State Feminism
Women's Policy Agencies and Women's Movement Success	p. 71
Women's Policy Agency Success and Failure: The Search for Explanations	p. 100
What's Feminist about State Feminism?	p. 122
Unpacking State Feminism
Social Movements and Women's Movements	p. 143
Political Representation	p. 164
Framing and Gendering	p. 193
Gendering New Institutionalism	p. 217
Conclusion
The New Politics of State Feminism	p. 241
Notes	p. 267
Glossary	p. 279
References	p. 285
Index	p. 301
Methods Appendices
The mixed-methods approach used in this book has produced an array of data analyses, including descriptive statistics, correlations and ordinal regression, QCA truth tables and solutions, and detailed measures of concepts and variables. Although the volume of these materials precluded their inclusion in the published book, they are readily available at http://libarts.wsu.edu/polisci/rngs/appendices.html under the title The Politics of State Feminism Methods Appendices. The materials are organized by chapter. Throughout the book, they are referred to as Web Appendices.
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