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Gendering Party Politics examines the relationship between gender, institutions, and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens, advancing new theoretical, methodological, and empirical directions for party politics scholarship. Contributors synthesize two decades of research, introduce foundational concepts and frameworks, present innovative methods and global empirical cases, and evaluate whether (and how) parties can be changed to promote gender equality. Together, these contributions highlight the wide-ranging relevance of feminist institutionalist perspectives for research on political parties, democracy, and representation.
About the author
Meryl Kenny is Professor of Gender and Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests bridge the intersection of gender politics, party politics, territorial politics, and institutional approaches to the study of politics. She is the author of
Gender and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), and articles published in the
European Journal of Political Research,
Politics & Gender,
Political Studies,
European Journal of Politics & Gender, and
Government & Opposition amongst others. She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series,
Studies in Feminist Institutionalism.
Elin Bjarnegård is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government at Uppsala University. Her research interests are at the intersection of comparative politics and gender studies, and include masculinities, political parties, violence, corruption, and institutions. Her publications have appeared in journals such as
American Political Science Review,
Journal of Democracy, and
Journal of Peace Research. She is the author of
Gender, Informal Institutions and Political Recruitment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and editor of
Gender and Violence against Political Actors (Temple University Press, 2023). She is a Director of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN) and an editor of the Oxford University Press book series,
Studies in Feminist Institutionalism.
