Politics and Government

Books

• Ackelsberg, M. (2010). Resisting citizenship: Feminist essays on politics, community, and democracy. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Resisting-Citizenship-Feminist-Essays-on-Politics-Community-and-Democracy/Ackelsberg/p/book/9780415935197
• Anderson, K. V. (Ed.). (2018). Women, feminism, and pop politics: From “bitch” to “badass” and beyond. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1056671
• Cameron, B., & Luxton, M. (Eds.). (2024). Feminism’s fight: Challenging politics and policies in Canada since 1970. UBC Press. https://www.ubcpress.ca/feminisms-fight
• Charles, N. (2000). Feminism, the state, and social policy. St. Martin’s Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Feminism_the_State_and_Social_Policy/sBrDQgAACAAJ?hl=en
• Dale, J., & Foster, P. (2012). Feminists and state welfare. Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.routledge.com/Feminists-and-State-Welfare-RLE-Feminist-Theory/DALE-FOSTER/p/book/9780415754156
• Dean, J. (2010). Rethinking contemporary feminist politics. Palgrave Macmillan London. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230283213
• Escobar-Lemmon, M. C., & Taylor-Robinson, M. M. (Eds.). (2014). Representation: The case of women. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199340101.001.0001
• Evans, E. The politics of third wave feminisms: Neoliberalism, intersectionality, and the state in Britain and the US. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137295279
• Halley, J., Kotiswaran, P., Rebouché, R., & Shamir, H. (2018). Governance feminism: An introduction. University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/governance-feminism-1
• Halley, J., Kotiswaran, P., Rebouché, R., & Shamir, H. (2019). Governance feminism: Notes from the field. University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/governance-feminism
• Jordan-Zachery, J. S., & Alexander-Floyd, N. G. (Eds.). (2018). Black women in politics: Demanding citizenship, challenging power, and seeking justice. SUNY Press. https://sunypress.edu/Books/B/Black-Women-in-Politics2
• Kling, J. (Ed.). (2019). Pacifism, politics, and feminism: Intersections and innovations. Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/54143?language=en
• Kornbluh, F., & Mink, G. (2019). Ensuring poverty: Welfare reform in feminist perspective. University of Pennsylvania Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv16t6k6s
• McBride, D. E., & Mazur, A. G. (2010). The politics of state feminism: Innovation in comparative research. Temple University Press. tupress.temple.edu/books/the-politics-of-state-feminism-2
• McBride, D. E., & Parry, J. A. (2016). Women’s rights in the USA: Policy debates and gender roles. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315735641
• Sanghvi, M. (2019). Gender and political marketing in the United States and the 2016 presidential election: An analysis of why she lost. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-137-60171-1
• Winfrey, K. L. (2019). Understanding how women vote: Gender identity and political choices. Bloomsbury Academic. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/understanding-how-women-vote-9798216159322/

Chapters

• Arnesen, C. (2015). Coming out to Congress. In L. Ka’ahumanu & L. Hutchins (Eds.), Bi any other name (pp. 273-279). Riverdale Avenue Books. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bi_Any_Other_Name/Qt2WCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=overview
• Brown, N. E., Caballero, G., Tormos, F., Wong, A., & Woodford, S. (2018). Black women lawmakers and second-wave feminism: An intersectional analysis on generational cohorts within southern state legislatures from 1990 to 2014. In A. Maxwell & T. Shields (Eds.), The legacy of second-wave feminism in American politics (pp. 179-204). Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-62117-3_8
• Carroll, S. J. (2005). Are women legislators accountable to women? In B. O’Neill & E. Gidengil (Eds.), Gender and Social Capital (pp. 357-378). Taylor & Francis. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203955949-14/women-legislators-accountable-women-susan-carroll?context=ubx&refId=34bb2f6d-1211-43fc-8e01-d916bd72fee2
• Goss, K. A., & Skocpol, T. (2005). Changing agendas: The impact of feminism on American politics. In B. O’Neill & E. Gidengil (Eds.), Gender and Social Capital (pp. 323-356). Taylor & Francis. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203955949-13/changing-agendas-kristin-goss-theda-skocpol?context=ubx&refId=46646efa-16a3-4070-bd49-4379d5281b39
• Holst, C. (2016). The costs and benefits of descriptive representation: Women’s quotas, variations in state feminism and the fact of reasonable pluralism. In H. Danielsen, K. Jegerstedt, R. L. Muriaas, & B. Ytre-Arne (Eds.), Gendered citizenship and the politics of representation (pp. 87-110). Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-51765-4
• Whittier, N. (2018). The Violence Against Women Act and ambivalent alliances. In Frenemies: Feminists, conservatives, and sexual violence (pp. 142-195). Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/book/3200
• Wray, R. (2023). Women political leaders are all feminists, aren’t they? Theresa May and feminism. In S. Roe-Crines and A. D. Jeffery (Eds.), Statecraft: Policies and politics under Prime Minister Theresa May (pp. 289-308). Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-32472-7

Peer-Reviewed

• Harder, M. M. S. (2023). Parting with ‘interests of women’: how feminist scholarship on substantive representation could replace ‘women’s interests’ with ‘gender equality interests’. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 6(3), 377-394. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16742321076420
• Hutson, A. C. F., Shufeldt, G., & Vinci, C. (2023). State-level policies, descriptive representation, and the gender pay gap, 2010–2019.” Gender Issues, 40(2-4), 185-205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-023-09311-7
• Lenear, I. S. (2022). The future of Black feminism and Black women political elites: A reflexive interview with Duchess Harris. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, 43(3), 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2022.2078609
• Mazur, A. G. (2017). Toward the systematic study of feminist policy in practice: An essential first step. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 38(1), 64-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2016.1198210
• Roth, J., & Chambers, L. (2019). Transversal and postmodern feminist praxis in everyday politics.” Atlantis, 40(1). https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5440

Popular Press

• Abenda, L. (2023, February 16). She spearheaded feminist laws in Spain. Now the government is in crisis. TIME. www.time.com/6255792/irene-montero-interview-spain-gender-equality/
• Alter, C. (2022, June 24). The failure of the feminist industrial complex. TIME. www.time.com/6190225/feminist-industrial-complex-roe-v-wade/.
• Daniels, C. M. (2023, March 31). A new wave of Black women are leading the fight for the ERA. The Hill. www.thehill.com/policy/3926296-a-new-wave-of-black-women-are-leading-the-fight-for-the-era/
• Jenkins, K. (2023, December 4). League of Women Voters finds lawmakers fast-tracking bills. Morehead State Public Radio. www.wmky.org/news/2023-12-04/league-of-women-voters-finds-lawmakers-fast-tracking-bills
• Levy, P. (2020, September 14). The Seema Verma scandal shows how Republicans exploit modern feminism. Mother Jones. www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/seema-verma-susan-page-feminism/
• Llach, L. (2023, November 15). Scotland adopts a new feminist foreign policy: Sweden shows how difficult it can be in reality. EuroNews. www.euronews.com/2023/11/15/scotland-adopts-a-feminist-foreign-policy-what-it-is-and-why-europe-is-moving-towards-it
• The feminist factor: More than half of 2012 women voters identify as feminists. (2013, March 18). Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2013/03/18/the-feminist-factor-more-than-half-of-2012-women-voters-identify-as-feminists/
• Marks, Z., & Chenoweth, E. (2023, May 15). The patriarchs’ war on women. Ms. Magazine. www.msmagazine.com/2023/05/15/patriarchy-war-on-women-lgbtq-reproductive-rights/
• Weiss-Wolf, J. (2023, November 15). Feminist media is needed to save democracy. Ms. Magazine. www.msmagazine.com/2023/11/15/feminist-journalism-jezebel-democracy-media/.

Historical Perspectives

• Books
  • Burrell, B. (2004). Women and political participation: A reference handbook. ABC-CLIO. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/women-and-political-participation-9781851095926/
  • Franceschet, S., Krook, M. L., & Tan, N. (Eds.). The Palgrave handbook of women’s political rights. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-59074-9
  • Freedman, E. B. (2006). Feminism, sexuality, and politics: Essays by Estelle B. Freedman. The University of North Carolina Press. https://uncpress.org/book/9780807856949/feminism-sexuality-and-politics/
  • Murphy, T. A. (2013). Citizenship and the origins of women’s history in the United States. University of Pennsylvania Press. https://www.pennpress.org/9780812244892/citizenship-and-the-origins-of-womens-history-in-the-united-states/
  • Romeo, S. (2016). Gender and the Jubilee: Black freedom and the Reconstruction of citizenship in Civil War Missouri. The University of Georgia Press. https://ugapress.org/book/9780820353807/gender-and-the-jubilee/
  • Vetter, L. P. (2017). The political thought of America’s founding feminists. NYU Press. https://nyupress.org/9781479893256/the-political-thought-of-americas-founding-feminists/
• Other
  • Mittelstadt, J., & Moran, R. L. (2020). Women, gender, and the state, ca. 1900-2010. In N. A. Hewitt & A. M. Valk (Eds.), A companion to American women’s history (pp. 279-297). John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy.library.wisc.edu/doi/10.1002/9781119522690.ch17
  • Sears, C. (2023, March 15). This isn’t the first time conservatives have banned cross-dressing in America. Jacobin. www.jacobin.com/2023/03/cross-dressing-law-united-states-history-drag-bans