Feminism and politics
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Feminism and politics
（Oxford readings in feminism）
Oxford University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Series Blurb: Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important work on feminist issues, and concise, lively introductions to each volume crystallize the main line of debate in the field. Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious entity that fails to address differences by class or race? Is equality best served by denying differences between the sexes? Or best promoted by stressing the special needs of women? The essays in Feminism and RPolitics answer these questions in a variety of ways, but all see feminism as transforming the way we think about and act in politics.
Spanning issues of citizenship and political representation, the ambiguities of identity politics, and the problems in legislating for sexual equality, the readings provide an exciting overview of recent developments. This outstanding collection will be essential reading for any feminist who has doubted the importance of political studies, and any student of politics who has doubted the relevance of feminism.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- I. FEMINISM AND POLITICAL STUDIES
- 1. Politics an Unnatural Practice: Political Science Looks at Female Participation
- 2. Homeless in International Relations? 'Women's' Place in Canonical Texts and Feminist Reimaginings
- 3. Feminist Studies and Political Science and Vice Versa
- II. FEMINISM AND POLITICAL THEORY
- 4. Mere Auxiliaries to the Commonwealth: Women and the Origins of Liberalism
- 5. Gender, the Public and the Private
- 6. Feminism and Democracy
- III. INTERESTS AND REPRESENTATION
- 7. When Are Interests Interesting? The Problem of Political Representation of Women
- 8. Beyond Interests in Politics: A Comment on Virginia Sapiro's "When Are Interests Interesting? The Problem of Political Representation of Women"
- 9. 'Women's Interests' and the Post-Structuralist State
- 10. Democracy and Representation. Or, Why Should it Matter Who Our Representatives Are?
- IV. IDENTITIES AND COALITIONS
- 11. Coalition Politics: Turning the Century
- 12. Feminist Encounters: Locating the Politics of Experience
- 13. Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire
- V. EQUALITY AND ANTI-DISCRIMINATION
- 14. Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination
- 15. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
- 16. The Politics of Paradigms: Gender Difference and Gender Disadvantage
- VI. FEMINISM AND CITIZENSHIP
- 17. Antigone's Daughters
- 18. Context Is All: Feminism and Theories of Citizenship
- 19. Polity and Group Difference: A Critique of the Ideal of Universal Citizenship
- 20. From Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a 'Post-Socialist' Age
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