POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics

Humanities HUB POLITICAL SCIENCE Women in Politics

This category

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Role congruence meets feminist identity: disaggregating causes of the double bind on women political candidates

Studies in social psychology and political science have noted the negative impact of the “double bind” facing women leaders and candidates, which suggests that women must demonstrate both masculine and feminine attributes in order to achieve the same success as men can achieve by demonstrating only masculine attributes. Less attention has focused on how feminist identity conditions these evaluations. We focus on whe…

picked 11 Aug 2026

Reference · Wikidata

political scientist

expert in or student of political science

picked 14 Aug 2026

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Political science

Political science is a field which aims to study the scientific aspect of politics. It deals with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws. Specialists in the field are political scientists. Unlike political philosophy, which is primarily normative and evaluates politics through value judgments, political s…

picked 13 Aug 2026

Book · DOAB

Women, Work and the Everyday Politics of Welfare

The restructuring of the welfare state in the UK has marked a significant change in the way contemporary society is ordered and understood. This research monograph explores the implications of this restructuring for women and their attachments to unpaid care, paid work and activism over time. Drawing on longitudinal research involving ethnographic and narrative inquiry in the south Wales Valleys, the contribution at…

picked 13 Aug 2026

Full text · Open Library

Women in Political TheoryWomen in Political Theory
cover via Open Library
picked 13 Aug 2026

Image · DPLA

Of People and Politics; The WomenOf People and Politics; The Women

Episode Number: 3

Library of Congress, via DPLA
picked 13 Aug 2026
Earlier picks for this category →
today There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. — Marshall McLuhan