The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics brings to political science an accessible and comprehensive overview of the key contributions of gender scholars to the study of politics, and it shows how these contributions produce a richer understanding of polities and societies.

• Table of Contents


• About the Contributors


• Introduction


• Gender and Politics: A Gendered World and Gendered Discipline


• Georgina Waylen, Karen Celis, Johanna Kantola, and Laurel Weldon


• Part I Gender and Politics: Concepts and Methods


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 1: Sex, sexuality and gender


• Mary Hawkesworth


• Chapter 2: Intersectionality


• Patricia Hill Collins and Valerie Chepp


• Chapter 3: Feminisms


• Rita Dhamoon


• Chapter 4: Politics, power, domination and oppression


• Moya Lloyd


• Chapter 5: Methods and Methodologies


• Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True


• Part II Body Politics


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 6: The Body and Politics


• Diana Coole


• Chapter 7: Heteronormativity and Sexuality


• Amy Lind


• Chapter 8: Reproductive Rights


• Veronique Mottier


• Chapter 9: Gender Violence


• R. Amy Elman


• Part III Gendered Political Economy: Production and Reproduction


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 10: Gender and (International) Political Economy


• Shirin M. Rai


• Chapter 11: Households, Families and Social Reproduction


• Shahra Razavi


• Chapter 12: Gender, Care and Welfare


• Diane Sainsbury


• Chapter 13: Gender, Work and the Sexual Division of Labor


• Lucy Ferguson


• Part IV: Civil Society


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 14: Sex, Gender and Civil Society


• Dara Z. Strolovitch


• Erica Townsend-Bell


• Chapter 15: Organizing Around Gender Identities


• Kelsy Kretschmer


• David S. Meyer


• Chapter 16: The Comparative Study of Women's Movements


• Karen Beckwith


• Chapter 17: Feminist Organizing: What's Old, What's New? History, Trend and Issues


• Christina Ewig and Myra Marx Ferree


• Chapter 18: Local-Global- Local: Women's global organizing


• Jutta Joachim


• Part V: Participation and Representation


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 19: Political Representation


• Sarah Childs and Joni Lovenduski


• Chapter 20: Political Systems and Gender


• Aili Mari Tripp


• Chapter 21: Party Politics


• Miki Caul Kittilson


• Chapter 22: Electoral Institutions


• Mona Lena Krook and Leslie Schwindt-Bayer


• Chapter 23: Judicial Politics and the Courts


• Rachel Chicowski


• Part VI: The State, Governance, and Policymaking


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 24: The State and Governance


• Louise Chappell


• Chapter 25: Gender, Institutions and Multilevel Governance


• Kate Bedford


• Chapter 26: Women's Policy Agencies and State Feminism


• Dorothy E. McBride and Amy G. Mazur


• Chapter 27: Policy making


• Emanuela Lombardo, Petra Meier and Mieke Verloo


• Chapter 28: Policy Outputs


• Merike Blofield and Liesl Haas


• Part VII: Nation, Citizenship and Identity


• Section Introduction


• Chapter 29: Equality and Universalism


• Judith Squires


• Chapter 30: Citizenship


• Birte Siim


• Chapter 31: Multiculturalism and Identity


• Baukje Prins and Sawitri Saharso


• Chapter 32: Gender, Nations and Nationalism


• Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert


• Chapter 33: Security, Violence and War


• Lene Hansen


• Index

GW: Professor of Politics, University of Manchester; KC: Assistant Professor of Business Administration & Public Policy, University of Ghent; JK: Professor in Gender Studies in the Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki; LW: Professor of Political Science, Purdue University