This new study reveals how institutional practices and discourses shape the way men and women are conceived of, and how through this process, gender stereotypes and expectations are created. Informed by the latest research and trends, these expert authors examine the way in which domestic and global institutions shape and reflect gender interests and the extent to which feminists can challenge gender norms through political institutions. They examine regional, national and international institutions including the EU, ICC and UN and take a broad view of political institutions to include bureaucracy; federalism; legal structures; parliaments; voting and electoral institutions; and media coverage of women’s involvement in such institutions. Drawing on experiences in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of gender studies, political science and comparative politics.
Author(s): Louise Chappell, Lisa Hill
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 224
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgement......Page 17
Glossary......Page 18
1 Introduction: The politics of women's interests......Page 24
2 The problem with interests: Making political claims for 'women'......Page 28
3 Is there such a thing as a political women's interest in Britain?......Page 62
4 Women's interests and political orientations: The gender voting gap in three industrialized settings......Page 89
5 Advancing women's interests in formal politics: The politics of presence and proportional representation in the Antipodes......Page 116
6 From women's interests to special interests: Reframing equality claims......Page 134
7 Disparate fates in challenging times: Women's policy agencies and neoliberalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand and British Columbia......Page 153
8 Gender inequality and feminist activism in institutions: Challenges of marginalization and feminist 'fading'......Page 180
9 Gender, interests, and constitutional matters in the EU: The case of the Charter of Fundamental Rights......Page 198
10 International citizenship and women's interests......Page 216
11 'Women's interests' as 'women's rights': Developments at the UN criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court......Page 240
Index......Page 260
