Conclusion: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?
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Institutions – the formal and informal ‘rules of the game’ – profoundly shape political life. Political institutions are also inescapably gendered. In this groundbreaking collection we have set out what feminist institutionalism (FI) – a new approach that centres on these twin insights – might mean in conceptual terms and in practice. The goal has been to explore the potential for, and limits of, a synthesis of neoinstitutionalism (NI) and feminist political science (FPS) in order to develop core theoretical concepts to help us to answer some of the big questions and real-world puzzles about gendered power inequalities in public and political life, mechanisms of continuity, and the promise and limits of gendered change. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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Swaraj's leadership illustrates feminist institutionalism in practice: dynamic processes through which women leaders simultaneously navigate and transform gendered institutions.
“Swaraj's leadership illustrates what Mackay (2011) terms “feminist institutionalism in practice”: the dynamic processes through which women leaders simultaneously navigate and transform gendered institutions.”
From Transcending Boundaries: Sushma Swaraj and the Multidimensional Paradigm of Women's Empowerment in Political Leadership (2025) · cites this paper as Mackay (2011)
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- Authors
- Mackay, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Mackay, Fiona
- ORCID
- Mackay, Fiona
- Venue
- Gender, Politics and Institutions
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 181-196
- OpenAlex
- W2416776399
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 11.49
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Science Research and Education
- Keywords
- feminist institutionalism, gendered institutions, new institutionalism, feminist political science, institutional continuity, political institutions, gender and politics
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