Article
Where Are the Women? An Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming in Introductory Political Science Textbooks
Journal of Political Science Education
(2017)
Abstract
Textbook content is a powerful indicator of what is and is not considered important in a given discipline. Textbooks shape both curriculum and students’ thinking about a subject. The extant literature indicates that gender is not well represented in American government textbooks, thus signaling to students that women and gender are not part of the mainstream in political science. I contribute to this literature by using quantitative and qualitative content analysis to examine gender mainstreaming in 10 introductory political science textbooks. I find that the quantity of gendered content is small, and the quality of that content varies considerably from text to text.
Keywords
- Content analysis,
- gender,
- Introduction to Political Science,
- textbooks
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 2, 2017
DOI
10.1080/15512169.2017.1279549
Publisher Statement
This is the accepted version of the this paper. The version of record (Publisher's Version) is available here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15512169.2017.1279549
Citation Information
Amy Atchison. "Where Are the Women? An Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming in Introductory Political Science Textbooks" Journal of Political Science Education (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amy_atchison/9/