Women, Politics and the Public Sphere

Ann Brooks author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Policy Press

Published:24th Apr '19

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Women, Politics and the Public Sphere is a socio-historical analysis of the relationship between women, politics and the public sphere. It looks at the fault-lines established in the eighteenth century for later developments in social and political discourse and considers the implications for the political representation of women in the West and globally, highlighting how women public intellectuals now reflect much more social and cultural diversity. Covering the legacy of eighteenth-century intellectual groupings which were dominated by women such as members of the 'bluestocking circles' and other more radical intellectual and philosophical thinkers, the book focuses on women such as Catherine Macaulay and Mary Wollstonecraft. These individuals and groups which emerged in the eighteenth century established 'intellectual spaces' for the emergence of women public intellectuals in subsequent centuries. It also examines women public intellectuals in the US including Samantha Power, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Elizabeth Warren, Condoleezza Rice, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg.

"A remarkable book about women as public intellectuals, covering three centuries. Obstacles and opportunities to women's involvement in the public sphere, including in the USA, are carefully analysed." Miriam E. David, Professor Emerita, UCL Institute of Education

ISBN: 9781447341352

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224 pages