Feministing in Political Science

Feministing in Political Science examines what is at stake in contesting the boundaries of the contemporary university. This critique of mainstream Canadian political science pushes beyond typical studies of institutions and political life. Instead, the collection draws together personal essays, pedagogical interventions, dialogues, and original research to reflect on how "feministing" as an orientation and as an analytic can centre experiential knowledge and reshape our understandings of political science. Collectively, these contributions lay bare the ways that power moves in and through the academy, naming the impacts on those who are most structurally precarious, all while pointing to futures available to us through refusal, solidarity, and hope.

Contributors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Julianne M. Acker-Verney, Kelly Aguirre, Jeanette Ashe, Nicole S. Bernhardt, Amanda Bittner, Alana Cattapan, Elaine Coburn, Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe, Rita Kaur Dhamoon, Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Nick Dorzweiler, Tammy Findlay, Mariam Georgis, Emily Grafton, Joyce Green, Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Kiera L. Ladner, Lindsay Larios, Manon Laurent, Fiona MacDonald, April Mandrona, Kimberley Ens Manning, Sarah Munawar, Nisha Nath, Michael Orsini, Stephanie Paterson, Tka C. Pinnock, David Semaan, Gina Starblanket, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Melanee Thomas, Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay, Ethel Tungohan, Nadia Verrelli, Leah F. Vosko, and Chamindra Weerawardhana.

Alana Cattapan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Ethel Tungohan is Associate Professor of Politics at York University. Nisha Nath is Associate Professor of Equity Studies at Athabasca University. Fiona MacDonald is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Northern British Columbia. Stephanie Paterson is Professor of Political Science at Concordia University.

ISBN: 9781772127324
Format: Paperback
Pages: 424
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: May 29, 2024

"Diverse voices use scholarly pieces, personal reflections, stories, letters, and dialogues to highlight how they have pushed back against the entrenched norms and practices of the discipline. The insights in Feministing in Political Science will resonate with academics as well as students." Jocelyne Praud, Vancouver Island University

"This collection offers an intersectional feminist critique of both the discipline of political science in Canada and the contemporary Canadian university system. The contributors illuminate the ways in which the discipline continues to fail Canada by systematically excluding or muting certain voices. They then move the conversation about the discipline forward in numerous ways." Lisa Young, University of Calgary