Women and States: Norms and Hierarchies in International Society

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Cambridge University Press, 3. juni 2010 - 249 sider
Momentous changes in the relation between women and the state have advanced women's status around the globe. Women were barred from public affairs a century ago, yet almost every state now recognizes equal voting rights and exhibits a national policy bureau for the advancement of women. Sex quotas for national legislatures are increasingly common. Ann E. Towns explains these changes by providing a novel account of how norms work in international society. She argues that norms don't just provide standards for states, they rank them, providing comparative judgments which place states in hierarchical social orders. This focus on the link between norms and ranking hierarchies helps to account better for how a new policy, such as equality for women in public life, is spread around the world. Women and States thus offers a new view of the relationship between women and the state, and of the influence of norms in international politics.

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1 Introduction
1
2 Constructivism and worldwide changes in state policy
17
3 A complex society of norms and social hierarchies
42
4 Excluding women in the society of civilized states
55
5 Womens suffrage and the standards of civilization
81
6 National womens policy bureaus and the standards of development
122
7 Legislature sex quotas and cultural rank
149
8 Conclusion
184
Primary sources by chapter
202
Bibliography
214
Index
242
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Ann E. Towns is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. Her research centers on gender in global governance and international society, with a focus on the status of women as a standard of rank in international politics.

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