| Love and Politics Contributor(s): MacKay, Fiona (Author) |
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ISBN: 082644783X ISBN-13: 9780826447838 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $89.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 Annotation: This volume is the first to use insights from recent feminist theory on the "ethic of care" to study the slow progress women have made toward political equality. Using empirical case-study materials, including her own interviews with female politicians, Mackay examines "care" as both a political practice and a political idea, using it to explain the current situation with regard to women's representation and to offer a prescription and resource for change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 320 |
| LCCN: 00069376 |
| Series: Political Theory and Contemporary Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.66" (0.72 lbs) 254 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is the first to use insights from recent feminist theory on the ethic of care to study the slow progress women have made toward political equality.Using empirical case-study materials, including her own interviews with female politicians, Mackay examines care as both a political practice and a political idea, using it to explain the current situation with regard to women's representation and to offer a prescription and resource for change. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacKay, Fiona: - FIONA MACKAY is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research focuses on women and political representation, and gender and institutional change. Her most recent book is Women, Politics and Constitutional Change (co-authored 2007). She and Mona Lena Krook are founders and co-directors of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network. |
