The Gender of Informal Politics : Russia, Iceland and Twenty-First Century Male Dominance.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Informal Politics and the Gender Equality Paradox -- The Gender Equality Paradox -- Feminist Institutionalism and Postcommunist Regime Dynamics -- A Blueprint for Studying the Gender of Informal Politics -- Unconventional Research in Russia and Iceland -- Most Different Systems and the Second-World Perspective -- Knowing Smiles, Double-Blind Interviews, and Women Informants -- Explaining the Gender Equality Paradox and Possibilities for Change -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Liberalization: How Economic Reforms Consolidated a Bait-and-Switch Male Dominance -- Introduction -- Liberalization, Economic Crisis, and Gender -- Gender and Racialized Capture of Elite Networks? -- Hegemonic Masculinity and Homosociality as Rationalization and in Informal Rules? -- Informalization as Gendered and Racialized? -- Russia -- Before Liberalization -- Liberalization -- Economic Crisis -- Iceland -- Before Liberalization -- Liberalization -- Economic Crisis -- Conclusion: Bait-and-Switch Male Dominance -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Women's Representation: How Bait-and-­Switch Male Dominance Promotes, but Then Boxes In Women in Politics -- Introduction -- Descriptive Without Substantive Representation -- Informally, Not Just Formally, Fast-Tracked? -- Recruited Through Emphasized Femininity? -- Boxed In by Informal Rules and Institutions -- Russia -- Informally, Not Just Formally, Fast-Tracked -- Recruited Through Emphasized Femininity -- Workhorses -- Political Cleaners -- Loyalists -- Showgirls -- Boxed In by Informal Rules and Institutions -- Iceland -- Informally, Not Just Formally, Fast-Tracked -- Recruited Through Emphasized Femininity -- Workhorses -- Political Cleaners -- Loyalists -- Showgirls.

Boxed In by Informal Rules and Institutions -- Conclusion: Fast-Tracked or Boxed In? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Feminist Mobilization: How Bait-and-Switch Male Dominance Undermines Feminism and How Feminists Fight Back -- Introduction -- The NGO-ization of Feminism -- The NGO-con? -- Gender Talk Not Just Co-optation, but Resistance? -- Guerrilla Feminisms? -- Russia -- The NGO-con -- Gender Talk Not Just Co-optation, but Resistance -- Guerrilla Feminisms -- Iceland -- The NGO-con -- Gender Talk Not Just Co-optation, but Resistance -- Guerrilla Feminisms -- Conclusion: The NGO Box and Informal Feminisms -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Gender Equality: How Bait-and-Switch Male Dominance Undermines Gender Equality Policymaking -- Introduction -- The Feminist Policy Model -- Issue Framing: From Naming to Style-Switching and Speaking in Code -- Policy Adoption: "Window Dressing" Versus Informal Rule Changes -- Implementation: The "Wink and Nod" of Formal Outputs Versus "How Things Are Done" -- Policy Evaluation: From "Damn Statistics" to "Feminist Violence Work" -- Feminists Overcoming Barriers to Access: From Formal Channels to "Secret Handshakes" -- Russia -- Issue Framing: From Naming to Style-Switching and Speaking in Code -- Policy Adoption: "Window Dressing" Versus Informal Rule Changes -- Implementation: The "Wink and Nod" of Formal Outputs Versus "How Things Are Done" -- Policy Evaluation: From "Damn Statistics" to "Feminist Violence Work" -- Feminists Overcoming Barriers to Access -- Iceland -- Issue Framing: From Naming to Style-Switching and Speaking in Code -- Policy Adoption: "Window Dressing" Versus Informal Rule Changes -- Implementation: The "Wink and Nod" of Formal Outputs Versus "How Things Are Done" -- Policy Evaluation: From "Damn Statistics" to "Feminist Violence Work" -- Feminists Overcoming Barriers to Access.

Conclusion: Speaking in Code, Secret Handshakes, and Other Informal Policymaking -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: A Feminist Theory of Corruption -- Male Dominance's Bait and Switch -- The Gender of Informal Politics -- What Is to Be Done? -- References -- Index.

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