Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549814
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Participation, Power, and Policy: Developing a Gender-Sensitive Political Geography.
Cope, Meghan
Journal of Geography, v96 n2 p91-97 Mar-Apr 1997
Outlines three approaches to exploring gender-sensitive political geography: (1) examining formal (voting and holding office) and informal (activism and interest groups) political activity; (2) delineating the variety of gender-based power constructs; and (3) reviewing recent policy developments, specifically the Family and Medical leave Act of 1993. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Federal Legislation, Feminism, Gender Issues, Geography, Higher Education, Ideology, Intellectual Disciplines, Interdisciplinary Approach, Political Divisions (Geographic), Political Power, Political Science, Power Structure, Public Policy, Scholarship, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Social Change, Social Scientists, Social Systems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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