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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Gender Selectivities Of The State: A Critical Realist Analysis.
AU - Jessop, Bob
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This article develops a critical realist, strategic relational analysis of the gendering of the state. It draws freely from feminist theorists, recent work on masculinity, and some of the insights of �queer theory�. My aim is to show the contingently necessary nature of the gender biases in the state�s institutional architecture and operation and show how these can be illuminated through a critical realist, strategic-relational perspective. The article has four main parts. These deal with (a) critical realism and the strategic-relational approach (hereafter SRA); (b) its implications for analyzing gender selectivities; (c) the gender selectivities of advanced capitalist democratic states; and (d) some implications of strategic selectivity for feminist action.
AB - This article develops a critical realist, strategic relational analysis of the gendering of the state. It draws freely from feminist theorists, recent work on masculinity, and some of the insights of �queer theory�. My aim is to show the contingently necessary nature of the gender biases in the state�s institutional architecture and operation and show how these can be illuminated through a critical realist, strategic-relational perspective. The article has four main parts. These deal with (a) critical realism and the strategic-relational approach (hereafter SRA); (b) its implications for analyzing gender selectivities; (c) the gender selectivities of advanced capitalist democratic states; and (d) some implications of strategic selectivity for feminist action.
KW - Critical realism
KW - strategic-relational approach
KW - strategic selectivity
KW - state theory
KW - gender
KW - patriarchy
U2 - 10.1163/1572513042692454
DO - 10.1163/1572513042692454
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 207
EP - 237
JO - Journal of Critical Realism
JF - Journal of Critical Realism
SN - 1476-7430
IS - 2
ER -