Feminists Theorize the State

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Gender and the State: Theories and Debates

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 1-21

3. Feminist Comparative Discourse Analysis

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 22-46

4. Feminists ‘in’ the State? Childcare Debates in Finland

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 47-72

5. Feminists ‘out’ of the State? Domestic Violence Debates in Britain

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 73-99

6. Comparisons of Feminist Discourses about the State

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 100-128

7. Gender, State and New Institutions

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 129-155

8. New Directions for Feminist State Theory

   • Johanna Kantola

   Pages 156-165

9. Back Matter

   Pages 166-197

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Where is feminist state theory today? This book offers novel insights into social science debates by analyzing feminist theories of the state. The themes are developed within a comparative perspective. Focusing on devolution in Scotland and the European Union, the book further explores how feminist state theories conceive multi-level governance.

• European Union (EU)
• feminism
• gender
• governance
• Institution
• parliament
• social science
• violence

• Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

  Johanna Kantola

JOHANNA KANTOLA is a Research Fellow in the Political Science Department, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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