ROUNDTABLE: Gender, institutions and party politics: Taking stock and moving on

Abstract

This roundtable showcases contributions from a forthcoming edited volume in the Feminist Institutionalist Studies Series with Oxford University Press. The book demonstrates what a feminist institutionalist perspective has illuminated about party politics. Taking stock of research on gender, institutions and parties, the book acknowledges and builds on foundational work in the field, while also highlighting more recent developments, cutting-edge innovations - as well as future challenges for the field. The proposed roundtable uses the forthcoming book as a point of departure, but rather than summarizing individual chapters it will engage authors in a discussion about the future of gender and party politics research. Just like the book, the roundtable brings together some of the most established ‘names’ in the field, alongside exciting and cutting-edge early-and mid-career scholars covering a range of different countries and approaches. One important challenge for the field is how to incorporate not just gender but also intersectional insights into existing theories and concepts used to study party politics and political institutions. The roundtable will be moderated by book editors Elin Bjarnegård and Meryl Kenny. While the book includes over 20 authors, nine of them will be represented at the roundtable. Building on their specific expertise, they will be asked to engage in discussion on a number of pertinent issues including how gender conditions who enters politics, but also who leaves (Louise Davidson-Schmich and Zahra Runderkampf), how newness is gendered in party politics, including in ‘new’ party families such as women’s parties and Green parties (Karen Beckwith, Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Petra Ahrens), and how inner party workings, both formal and informal, are gendered in the way in which they deal with the inclusion of marginalized groups( Kristin Wylie and Malu Gatto), and with issues ranging from women’s empowerment to sexual harassment (Carmen Geha and Karina Kosiara Pedersen).

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Theme 1: Entering and exiting politics	View Paper Details
Theme 2: How is newness gendered in party politics?	View Paper Details
Theme 3: The inclusion of marginalized groups	View Paper Details