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Gendering Comparative Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2010

Teri L. Caraway
Teri L. Caraway
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
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Abstract

This essay offers a conceptualization of a comparative politics of gender (CPG) and some explanations for why CPG work is marginalized in the comparative politics subfield. I delineate CPG as a field of study in which gendered dependent or independent variables are the defining feature and present illustrative examples of four different types of CPG research. I contend that institutional and historical factors account for much of the marginalization of CPG research, and I propose some courses of actions through which CPG scholars can lessen this marginalization. The failure of comparative politics scholars to engage with gendered work is also a serious problem. The essay concludes by offering some suggestions for better integrating CPG scholarship into the subfield.

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Symposium
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 169 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 2010

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