The Impact of Feminism on Political Concepts and Debates

by Georgina Blakeley (Editor), Valerie Bryson (Editor)

Many feminists have engaged with man-made concepts and approaches of traditional political analysis to produce an increasingly sophisticated and wide-ranging body of thought. This book starts with the idea that such work is not simply "something for the girls." Rather, it has profound implications without which our understanding of political processes will be impoverished. This book provides an accessible overview and assessment of the impact of recent feminism. Each chapter takes a "malestream" concept and examines critical debates around it and feminist reactions/critiques. It analyses the significance of feminism for the concept and considers whether it can simply be extended to include women or whether it should be radically transformed or even abandoned.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Georgina Blakeley joined The Open University in 2006 from the University of Huddersfield where she was Head of Politics from 2000. She gained a first class honours degree in Modern Languages from the then Polytechnic of Wolverhampton (1987), an MA with distinction in Latin American Politics from the University of Liverpool (1992) and her PhD from the University of Bradford in 2000.