Many feminists have engaged with the man-made concepts and approaches of traditional political analysis to produce an increasingly sophisticated and wide-ranging body of thought. The starting point of this book is the belief that such work is not simply ‘something for the girls’; rather, it has profound and complex implications without which our understanding of political processes and ideas would be impoverished.
This book provides an accessible overview and assessment of the impact of recent feminism by bringing together leading feminist and pro-feminist political theorists and analysts, to focus on key concepts, such as rationality, citizenship, democracy and democratisation, development and empowerment.
Each chapter takes a ‘malestream’ concept and examines both the critical debates around it and feminist reactions/critiques. It then analyses the significance and implications of feminism for the concept, considers whether it can simply be extended to include women, or whether it should be radically transformed or even abandoned, and assesses whether feminist input has become part of the mainstream debate or remains marginalised.
Table of Content
1. Introduction – Georgina Blakeley and Valerie Bryson
2. Rationality – Raia Prokhovnik
3. The Social Contract – Laura Brace
4. Sovereignty – John Hoffman
5 .Citizenship – Ruth Lister
6. Representation – Sarah Childs
7. Democracy and Democratisation – Georgina Blakeley
8. Development – John Craig
9. Agency – Kalpana Wilson
10. Empowerment – Mercy Ette
11. Time – Valerie Bryson
Index
About the author
Valerie Bryson is Professor of Politics at the University of Huddersfield
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