Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acronyms; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction: New Norms, New Knowledge; Chapter 2 How the Absence of Women Became a Democratic Deficit: The Role of Feminist Political Science; Assumptions of the Inevitability of Women's Absence; The Emergence of Feminist Critique; The Impact of Feminist Scholarship on Democratic Norms and Strategies; Continuing Deficits; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Gendered Innovation in the Social Sciences; Knowledge and Gender Relations; Conflicting Interests; Positivism and Post-positivism
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New norms, new knowledge / Kerryn Baker -- How the absence of women became a democratic deficit : the role of feminist political science / Marian Sawer -- Gendered innovation in the social sciences / Fiona Jenkins -- Inclusion and exclusion : contributions of a feminist approach to power / S. Laurel Weldon -- Uncovering the gendered effects of voting systems : a few thoughts about representation of women and of LGBT people / Manon Tremblay -- Feminist innovations and new institutionalism / Jennifer Curtin -- Gender research and the study of institutional transfer and norm transmission / Jacqui True -- Gender research in international relations / J. Ann Tickner -- Feminist institutionalism and gender-sensitive parliaments : relating theory and practice / Sonia Palmieri -- Gender research and discursive policy framing / Carol Johnson -- What feminist research has contributed to social movement studies : questions of time and belonging / Merrindahl Andrew -- The thorny path to a more inclusive discipline / Monica Costa and Marian Sawer.
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Ballot StructureLGBT People's Representation: Is a 'Cut and Paste' Research Approach Possible?; Parties' Candidate-Selection Committees; Proportionality and District Magnitude; Levels at Which Seats Are Allocated; Ballot Structure and Number of Votes Cast; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Feminist Innovations and New Institutionalism; Institutions and Political Science; Gendering Institutional Analysis; Feminist Institutionalism; Institutions, Intersectionality and Intellectual Inclusion; Chapter 7 Gender Research and the Study of Institutional Transfer and Norm Transmission
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Democracy, Diversity and Muddling Through: The Pragmatist Case for WomenWomen Legislators and 'Women-Friendly' Policy; Great Expectations for Women in Political 'Leadership'?; Conclusion: New Insights into Power, Representation and Democracy; Chapter 5 Uncovering the Gendered Effects of Voting Systems: A Few Thoughts About Representation of Women and of LGBT People; Gender; Classic Works on Electoral Systems: Failing to Think Women/Gender; The Advent of Women/Gender in Electoral Studies; Proportionality; District Magnitude; Levels at Which Seats Are Allocated; Number of Votes Cast
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Gendered Political Theory and Feminist InfluenceThe Challenges of Changing Social Science; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Inclusion and Exclusion: Contributions of a Feminist Approach to Power; Traditional Approaches to Power; A Feminist Approach to Power; The Feminist Contribution to Understanding Power; Contributions of This Approach to the Study of Representation and Democracy; Women Empowered to Act Against Violence; Informal Power and Normative Change; Democracy, Civil Society and Women's Empowerment; The Absence of Women 'At the Top': A Problem for Democracy?
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Norms and Policy Transfer: A Non-normative AgendaTowards a Dynamic Account of Diffusion; Innovative Approaches to Studying Networks; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Gender Research in International Relations; International Relations: A Masculine Discipline; Introducing a Gendered Lens into International Relations; Gendering the Global Economy; Gendering War and Peace; Methodological Engagements; Shaping and Influencing the Policy Environment: From Mexico City to the Women, Peace and Security Agenda; Conclusion