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Comparison and Integration: A Path toward a Comparative Politics of Gender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2010

Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer
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University of Missouri. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Moving from a “gender and comparative politics” to a “comparative politics of gender” is a challenging proposition. In this essay, I offer two mechanisms for doing this—emphasizing the comparative nature of gender politics research and encouraging greater integration of gender research into the subfield of comparative politics. I illustrate how current research generally uses a “gender and comparative politics” approach that is insufficient for advancing the field and then describe how scholars can work to emphasize greater comparison and integration in the literature. This will help to move the gender and politics literature toward a comparative politics of gender.

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 177 - 182
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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