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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.
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© 2011 Fiona Mackay
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Mackay, F. (2011). Conclusion: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?. In: Krook, M.L., Mackay, F. (eds) Gender, Politics and Institutions. Gender and Politics Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230303911_11
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