Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2081913
F. Scala
ABSTRACT The article examines the role of insider-outsider alliances and framing strategies in the campaign to end the “tampon tax” in Canada. Drawing on Kingdon’s Multiple Stream Framework (MSF) and feminist policy studies, the study aims to explain how and why efforts to remove the federal sales tax on menstrual products succeeded in 2015 when previous attempts had failed. By mapping developments in the problem, policy and politics streams, the study shows how outside activists worked with political insiders to take advantage of emerging opportunities in the broader political and policy systems, successfully moving the issue of the tampon tax onto the government’s agenda. The article concludes with suggestions for future research in feminist policy studies and menstruation studies.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-30DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2081444
Patrick W. Kraft, Kathleen Dolan
ABSTRACT Recent years have seen an unprecedented number of women candidates running for public office. Does the resulting potential for greater gender equality in political representation have downstream effects on individual-level political attitudes, particularly among women voters? Given the partisan imbalance in women’s candidacies, do Republican and Democratic voters experience the growing gender parity in political representation differently? We explore these questions by employing a survey experiment in the 2018 Cooperative Election Study (CES) that manipulates the perceived trajectory of women’s representation in politics. Our results suggest that priming future optimism as compared to pessimism in women’s representation has little overall effect on the gender gap in political efficacy and interest, but that party affiliation can be a moderator in this context. We discuss the broader implications of our findings for women’s engagement in politics.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-27DOI: 10.1080/1554477x.2022.2074759
Aidan Smith
ABSTRACT In the aftermath of public outcry of multiple high-profile killings of Black teens at the hands of police or under the auspices of stand-your-ground laws, several bereaved mothers became symbols of resistance to white supremacist policing and surveillance. Known as the “Mothers of the Movement,” this paper traces three of these women (Sybrina Fulton, Lucy McBath, and Lezley McSpadden) from the national stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 to the transition to candidates themselves. Their engagement in maternal politics is part of a long lineage of Black maternal activists that have sought justice for their fallen children through public advocacy. While McSpadden, Fulton, and McBath all lobby against white supremacist violence, they are most politically successful when they make their case from a rhetoric that affirms a respectability politics that measures the value of Black citizens in their ability to comport themselves within middle-class cultural standards.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-24DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2074757
Nadia Elizabeth Brown, C. J. Clark, A. Mahoney
ABSTRACT Black women have been historically excluded from Congress and the policymaking power available in the institution. This essay shares details about the 52 Black women who have navigated this raced and gendered institution (Hawkesworth 2003) since 1969. We discuss data on these Black congresswomen, including, but not limited to, their educational attainment, occupations prior to serving in Congress, and ties to Black Greek Letter organizations. We argue that this descriptive data will prompt new questions for legislative scholars and open conversations about disciplinary norms and assumptions which may need revision in light of Congress’ increasing diversification.
{"title":"The Black Women of the US Congress: Learning from Descriptive Data","authors":"Nadia Elizabeth Brown, C. J. Clark, A. Mahoney","doi":"10.1080/1554477X.2022.2074757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2022.2074757","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Black women have been historically excluded from Congress and the policymaking power available in the institution. This essay shares details about the 52 Black women who have navigated this raced and gendered institution (Hawkesworth 2003) since 1969. We discuss data on these Black congresswomen, including, but not limited to, their educational attainment, occupations prior to serving in Congress, and ties to Black Greek Letter organizations. We argue that this descriptive data will prompt new questions for legislative scholars and open conversations about disciplinary norms and assumptions which may need revision in light of Congress’ increasing diversification.","PeriodicalId":46116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","volume":"43 1","pages":"328 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47367265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-23DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2078609
India Lenear
ABSTRACT Black feminist politics have traditionally been theorized outside formal political institutions, necessitating a nuanced and capacious account of what Black feminist politics can be in formal political environments. Situating Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump in conversation with recent political changes, I explore the future of Black feminist politics in formal political institutions in an interview with Professor Duchess Harris. Ultimately, Harris recommends leaning into understanding Black women political elites as unique and incomparable to each other while also being attentive to how Black feminist politics may appear in formal political institutions.
{"title":"The Future of Black Feminism and Black Women Political Elites: A Reflexive Interview with Duchess Harris","authors":"India Lenear","doi":"10.1080/1554477X.2022.2078609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2022.2078609","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Black feminist politics have traditionally been theorized outside formal political institutions, necessitating a nuanced and capacious account of what Black feminist politics can be in formal political environments. Situating Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump in conversation with recent political changes, I explore the future of Black feminist politics in formal political institutions in an interview with Professor Duchess Harris. Ultimately, Harris recommends leaning into understanding Black women political elites as unique and incomparable to each other while also being attentive to how Black feminist politics may appear in formal political institutions.","PeriodicalId":46116,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women Politics & Policy","volume":"43 1","pages":"390 - 396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44243718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-23DOI: 10.1080/1554477x.2022.2075680
Jamil Scott
ABSTRACT In conversation with Dr. Wendy Smooth, we reflect on her path in the discipline and her career as a Black woman political scientist. I invite Dr. Smooth to provide insight on potential next steps in the study of Black women in politics as well.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-23DOI: 10.1080/1554477x.2022.2075679
Catherine N. Wineinger
ABSTRACT This is an interview with Mary Hawkesworth conducted by Catherine Wineinger. In this interview, Hawkesworth discusses her work on congresswomen of color, what inspires her to produce intersectional scholarship, the pushback she has received in the discipline, and the importance of building feminist networks of solidarity.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-23DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2068120
Taneisha N. Means
ABSTRACT Existing scholarship has mainly focused on the experiences of Black women judges as they ascend to the bench and has largely overlooked the experiences of these judges once they reach the court. I address the topic of Black women’s experiences in the judiciary by drawing on an original survey with 163 Black women judges and centering their voices, reflections, and perspectives. These women report substantial disrespect by litigants and attorneys and share how they experience questioning about their ability to render fair decisions. These jurists’ experiences highlight how many Black women judges deal with disruptive, demeaning, intimidating, and passive-aggressive behavior, dismissive treatment, and insidious nonverbal behavior.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-23DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2078607
Danielle Casarez Lemi, Nadia E. Brown
Abstract In this response, Brown and Lemi address feedback from Wrighten's read of Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites. Here we take seriously the implications of the work as well as future studies that draw from our findings. The conversation between the authors and the respondent reveal deeper insights into how and why the politics of appearance maintain a continued salience in American politics for Black women.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-20DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2022.2075678
Danielle Casarez Lemi, Maneesh Arora, Sara Sadhwani
ABSTRACT How do voters evaluate descriptive representatives who vary in prototypicality? Specifically, how do Indian American voters evaluate Black women candidates who are also Indian American, or Indian American women candidates who are also Black? Using the case of Kamala Harris, we present findings from an original survey experiment of over 1,000 Indian Americans collected just prior to the 2020 election. We examine the power of shared identity cues for Indian American voters, who represent a growing political bloc of Asian American voters. We find that relative to being framed as Indian alone, Indian American respondents are less likely to support the Biden-Harris ticket when Harris is framed as Black and Indian American. This is true for Indian Americans who believe that Indian Americans have something in common. This study extends our knowledge of Black women in politics, Indian American politics, Asian American politics, and voter evaluations of mixed-race descriptive representatives.
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