The State of Gender Studies in Political Science

Bibliographic Data

ID9752263
AuthorsGretchen Ritter (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Gerhard Ritter (corresponding author), G RITTER, Nicole Mellow (0000-0001-5018-0394, Department of Government at the University of Texas)
Year2000
Volume571
Issue1
Pages121-134
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271620057100109
OpenAlexW2019638095
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited27

What effect has the study of gender had on political science? Compared to other branches of the social sciences, political science has been among the most resistant to feminist analysis. Political science scholarship generally is divided into four main subfields: political theory, American politics, comparative politics, and international relations. There are great disparities between these areas in the types and amount of gender scholarship that has been done. While feminist theory has become an accepted part of political theory, it has had a more limited impact in the other areas. Furthermore, where gender scholarship has appeared, it is often guided by intellectually conservative epistemological and methodological assumptions. Focusing on current major themes and significant works in the discipline, this article explores the differences in gender scholarship between subfields

American political science · Biology and political science · Epistemology · Feminism · Political methodology · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Systems theory in political science · Computer Science · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law

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