Social Politics

ADAMS, JULIA

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The relationship between feminist theory and historical sociology is contentious, especially in the area of state formation and macropolitics. By means of a survey of recent work on early modern European state-building and the contemporary politics of social welfare, I argue that developing fruitful approaches to these topics depends on our forging a tactical alliance between historical sociology and feminist theory: one that acknowledges, even preserves, the tensions within and between each diverse intellectual formation but insists that each can learn from the other.

JULIA ADAMS

doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.1pmid: N/A

The relationship between feminist theory and historical sociology is contentious, especially in the area of state formation and macropolitics. By means of a survey of recent work on early modern European state-building and the contemporary politics of social welfare, I argue that developing fruitful approaches to these topics depends on our forging a tactical alliance between historical sociology and feminist theory: one that acknowledges, even preserves, the tensions within and between each diverse intellectual formation but insists that each can learn from the other. © 1998 by Oxford University Press « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Soc Pol (1998) 5 (1): 1-16. doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.1 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Special Section: Feminism, Comparison and Historical Social Science Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by ADAMS, J. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue Fall 2015 22 (3) Alert me to new issues The Journal About this journal Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.043 5-Yr impact factor: 1.292 Editors Kate Bedford Mary Daly Margarita Estevez-Abe Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Online Submission Submit a manuscript now Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements

AVA BARON

doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.17pmid: N/A

This essay explores the diverse ways that the relationship between feminism and historical sociology has been represented. The author notes some of the ways historical sociology has changed over the past few decades and the ways some researchers have incorporated gender into their analyses. But the author concludes that a “feminist revolution” still has not taken place. The underlying theoretical assumptions of historical sociology, particularly its reliance on traditional theories of social change and class analysis, continue to marginalize gender issues. The relationship of feminism and historical sociology raises the broader question of whether feminism should be integrated into traditional disciplinary approaches or whether such integration threatens the basis for feminist critical inquiry. © 1998 by Oxford University Press « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Soc Pol (1998) 5 (1): 17-37. doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.17 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Special Section: Feminism, Comparison and Historical Social Science Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by BARON, A. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue Fall 2015 22 (3) Alert me to new issues The Journal About this journal Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.043 5-Yr impact factor: 1.292 Editors Kate Bedford Mary Daly Margarita Estevez-Abe Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Online Submission Submit a manuscript now Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements

BARON, AVA

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This essay explores the diverse ways that the relationship between feminism and historical sociology has been represented. The author notes some of the ways historical sociology has changed over the past few decades and the ways some researchers have incorporated gender into their analyses. But the author concludes that a “feminist revolution” still has not taken place. The underlying theoretical assumptions of historical sociology, particularly its reliance on traditional theories of social change and class analysis, continue to marginalize gender issues. The relationship of feminism and historical sociology raises the broader question of whether feminism should be integrated into traditional disciplinary approaches or whether such integration threatens the basis for feminist critical inquiry.

MORAWSKA, EWA

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Whereas the feminist and historical-sociological approaches to the study of social life have several elements in common, because they developed through different intellectual trajectories they are informed by specific methodological emphases and research concerns. Although they have traveled on different, if crisscrossing, paths, however, there are areas in which historical sociology may benefit from feminist concerns and methodology, and, conversely, the accomplishments of historical sociology that, considering current tendencies in feminist scholarship, may be helpful to the latter.

EWA MORAWSKA

doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.38pmid: N/A

Whereas the feminist and historical-sociological approaches to the study of social life have several elements in common, because they developed through different intellectual trajectories they are informed by specific methodological emphases and research concerns. Although they have traveled on different, if crisscrossing, paths, however, there are areas in which historical sociology may benefit from feminist concerns and methodology, and, conversely, the accomplishments of historical sociology that, considering current tendencies in feminist scholarship, may be helpful to the latter. © 1998 by Oxford University Press « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Soc Pol (1998) 5 (1): 38-47. doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.38 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Special Section: Feminism, Comparison and Historical Social Science Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by MORAWSKA, E. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue Fall 2015 22 (3) Alert me to new issues The Journal About this journal Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.043 5-Yr impact factor: 1.292 Editors Kate Bedford Mary Daly Margarita Estevez-Abe Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Online Submission Submit a manuscript now Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements

SØLAND, BIRGITTE

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In 1989, Denmark became the first country in the world to legally recognize gay and lesbian partnerships. In May of that year, the Danish Parliament passed the Law on Registered Partnership Between Two Persons of the Same Sex. Based on parliamentary records and on records from the government-appointed commission that laid the groundwork for the legislation, on newspaper coverage, on records from the National Organization of Gay Men and Lesbians, and on interviews with leading politicians and gay rights activists, this essay explores the history of this legislation, the legislative process itself, and the social, cultural, and political contexts that facilitated its passage. Finally, the essay examines the impact of the legislation on the private lives of gay men and lesbians and on the Danish gay and lesbian community as a whole.

BIRGITTE SØLAND

doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.48pmid: N/A

In 1989, Denmark became the first country in the world to legally recognize gay and lesbian partnerships. In May of that year, the Danish Parliament passed the Law on Registered Partnership Between Two Persons of the Same Sex. Based on parliamentary records and on records from the government-appointed commission that laid the groundwork for the legislation, on newspaper coverage, on records from the National Organization of Gay Men and Lesbians, and on interviews with leading politicians and gay rights activists, this essay explores the history of this legislation, the legislative process itself, and the social, cultural, and political contexts that facilitated its passage. Finally, the essay examines the impact of the legislation on the private lives of gay men and lesbians and on the Danish gay and lesbian community as a whole. © 1998 by Oxford University Press « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Soc Pol (1998) 5 (1): 48-69. doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.48 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Article Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by SØLAND, B. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue Fall 2015 22 (3) Alert me to new issues The Journal About this journal Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.043 5-Yr impact factor: 1.292 Editors Kate Bedford Mary Daly Margarita Estevez-Abe Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Online Submission Submit a manuscript now Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements

BUSSEMAKER, JET

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The article is concerned with childcare policies in the Netherlands since the 1 960s. It seeks to contribute to theories of gender and policy formation in welfare states through its focus on political discourses and ideological assumptions embedded in societal notions of care. In analyzing the Dutch case, I distinguish three rationales, respectively a moral, an interest, and an efficiency rationale, which reflect various basic arguments on gender, care, and welfare. The article argues that the rationale of efficiency has been particularly important for an expansion of childcare provisions since the late 1980s. Although this rationale has provided sound arguments for the expansion of childcare, it has been criticized by some feminists because of the hidden assumptions in it about care. The conclusions about the Dutch case have broader implications. In the context of welfare state reform, hegemonic political discourses on childcare are shifting and may have significant consequences for the relation between gender, care, and the welfare state.

JET BUSSEMAKER

doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.70pmid: N/A

The article is concerned with childcare policies in the Netherlands since the 1 960s. It seeks to contribute to theories of gender and policy formation in welfare states through its focus on political discourses and ideological assumptions embedded in societal notions of care. In analyzing the Dutch case, I distinguish three rationales, respectively a moral, an interest, and an efficiency rationale, which reflect various basic arguments on gender, care, and welfare. The article argues that the rationale of efficiency has been particularly important for an expansion of childcare provisions since the late 1980s. Although this rationale has provided sound arguments for the expansion of childcare, it has been criticized by some feminists because of the hidden assumptions in it about care. The conclusions about the Dutch case have broader implications. In the context of welfare state reform, hegemonic political discourses on childcare are shifting and may have significant consequences for the relation between gender, care, and the welfare state. © 1998 by Oxford University Press « Previous | Next Article » Table of Contents This Article Soc Pol (1998) 5 (1): 70-96. doi: 10.1093/sp/5.1.70 » Abstract Free Full Text (PDF) Free Classifications Article Services Article metrics Alert me when cited Alert me if corrected Find similar articles Similar articles in Web of Science Add to my archive Download citation Request Permissions Citing Articles Load citing article information Citing articles via CrossRef Citing articles via Scopus Citing articles via Web of Science Citing articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by BUSSEMAKER, J. Search for related content Related Content Load related web page information Share Email this article CiteULike Delicious Facebook Google+ Mendeley Twitter What's this? Search this journal: Advanced » Current Issue Fall 2015 22 (3) Alert me to new issues The Journal About this journal Rights & Permissions Dispatch date of the next issue We are mobile – find out more This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Journals Career Network Impact factor: 1.043 5-Yr impact factor: 1.292 Editors Kate Bedford Mary Daly Margarita Estevez-Abe Aleksandra Kanjuo-Mrčela View full editorial board For Authors Instructions to authors Online Submission Submit a manuscript now Self-Archiving Policy Alerting Services Email table of contents Email Advance Access CiteTrack XML RSS feed Corporate Services Advertising sales Reprints Supplements