TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender, institutions and power
T2 - A critical review
AU - Kenny, Meryl
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - Both feminist and mainstream political science has taken an institutional 'turn', opening up possibilities for interchange between the two fields. This article explores the potential for theoretical synthesis between feminist gender analysis and new institutional theory, focusing particularly on issues of power. After providing a brief overview of approaches to power in the institutionalist and feminist literature, it outlines some initial possibilities for dialogue between the two fields. The article concludes by considering some potential insights that a gendered approach to institutions and power would offer to new institutionalism, establishing a preliminary foundation for a wider 'feminist institutionalist' research agenda.
AB - Both feminist and mainstream political science has taken an institutional 'turn', opening up possibilities for interchange between the two fields. This article explores the potential for theoretical synthesis between feminist gender analysis and new institutional theory, focusing particularly on issues of power. After providing a brief overview of approaches to power in the institutionalist and feminist literature, it outlines some initial possibilities for dialogue between the two fields. The article concludes by considering some potential insights that a gendered approach to institutions and power would offer to new institutionalism, establishing a preliminary foundation for a wider 'feminist institutionalist' research agenda.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247628391&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2007.00284.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2007.00284.x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34247628391
SN - 0263-3957
VL - 27
SP - 91
EP - 100
JO - Politics
JF - Politics
IS - 2
ER -