Wednesday 2nd September 1998
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

A ONE-DAY PRE-APSA SEMINAR FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENTS

The Women and Politics Research Section of APSA held a One-Day Pre-APSA Seminar on "Frontiers of Women and Politics Research"  at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University on Wednesday 2nd September 1998. The seminar was designed for advanced graduate students interested in developing research and teaching expertise in the fields of women and politics, gendered political analysis, and feminist theory.

The seminar  focused on a series of issues. What are the most exciting new approaches currently being developed to analyze the relationship between gender, public policy and the state? What are the cutting-edge theories, which help us to understand women's activism, transforming politics from the grassroots community up to the highest offices of state? What are the newest innovations reconceptualizing feminist theory and methodology? How are scholars in this sub-field challenging established notions of women's role in the international order? How are women organizing through political parties, interest groups and social movements? These, and many other questions, were considered by leading scholars and participants at this seminar. The format of the meeting is designed to be highly interactive, with small groups allowing participants to learn about each other's work and develop professional networks.

The purpose of the seminar was to support those who may teach women and politics; to extend expertise in women and politics research; and to provide an arena for graduate students to network and discuss research questions with experts specializing in women and politics

The seminar was sponsored by APSA's Women and Politics Research Section in conjunction with the Women's Leadership Initiative and the Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

The following lists the program and the full papers presented at the seminar which were made available on the web.

Wednesday 2nd September 1998
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
PROGRAM:

9.15-9.30          Welcome
                           Dean Joseph S. Nye, Jr.(Kennedy School of Government),
                           Karen Beckwith (Wooster College)
                         Pippa Norris (Kennedy School of Government)

9.30-11.00         Session I: The Future State of Women and Politics Research
                            Chair: Jane Jacquette (Occidental College)

                  Feminist Theory and Methodology
                  Mary Hawkesworth Feminist Theorising for a Feminist World (Rutgers University)
                  Jane Mansbridge (Kennedy School of Government) Critical Questions in Feminist Theory
 



Gender and the International Order
Lisa Brandes (Yale) Gender and the International Order
Cynthia Enloe (Clark) One View of the State of Comparative/IR
J. Ann Tickner (University of Southern California) Feminist IR

Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Susan Carroll (Rutgers University) Challenges for Empirical Researchers
Cathy Cohen (Yale University) Statement
Pippa Norris Public Opinion and Political Behaviour (Kennedy School of Government)

Political Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements
Karen Beckwith (Wooster) Beyond Compare?
Mary Fainsod Katzenstein (Cornell) Social Movements and Feminist Politics
Jane Jacquette (Occidental College) Gender and International Relations

Gender, Public Policy and the Law
Eileen McDonagh (Northeastern University)
Gwendolyn Mink (University of California, Santa Cruz) Gender and Public Policy
Molly Shanley (Vassar College) Families in Public Policy, Law and Political Theory

2.00-4.0            Session III: Research Workshops: Select one workshop
                         Graduate workshop chairs and rapporteurs

• Feminist Theory and Methodology, L130
• Gender and the International Order, L330
• Public Opinion and Political Behavior, L332
• Political Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements, L380
• Gender, Public Policy and the Law, L382

• Feminist Theory and Methodology
• Gender and the International Order
• Public Opinion and Political Behavior
• Political Parties, Interest Groups and Social Movements

Gender, Public Policy and the Law