Teaching about Women and Politics
| Date | 01 February 1983 |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9256.1983.tb00154.x |
| Published date | 01 February 1983 |
| Author | Vicky Randall |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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Corporatism and the Corporate
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the Left: an Introductory Guide; The Politics of Social Policy; Working
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Participation in Local Politics: three Cautionary Case-Studies; Political Socialisation in British Schools;
Recent Changes in House of Commons Committees; Process and Politics in the Mixed Economy; Industrial
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Coalition Politics in the United
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the
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Political Theory; Political Sociology; Modern Political Economy; Urban Politics; Public Administration;
Political Geography; international Relations; Political Methodology.
TEACHING
ABOUT
WOMEN
AND
POLITICS
VICKY
RANDALL
Although political science was one of the last social science areas
to
respond
to the interest in women's roles triggered
by
'second-wave' feminism, there now
exists a considerable academic literature on women and politics. ~umerous studies
have appeared
during
the past few years which point out sexist bias
in
earlier treat-
ments
and
which
document
omen's
political behaviou~. Dema~d by students,
pressure
from feminist colleagues and a general increase of interest
in
the topic have helped
persuade political scientists that an analysis of women's political roles should not
only
occupy a key place on
the
syllabus
but
be
fully integrated into political studies.
Putting
this
recognition into practical effect naturally requires a working knowledge
of
the relevant academic literature and the intention of
this
article is
to
provide
a brief guide
to
those texts most profitably read and used as teaching aids1.
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