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Reflections on Activism and Social Change for Scholars of Women and Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2005

Susan J. Carroll
Susan J. Carroll
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Rutgers University
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How should scholars view and relate to activism and social change? Concern over this question is neither new nor limited to political scientists. Nevertheless, because of the special relationship between our academic enterprise and the larger women's movement outside the academy, this concern is particularly acute for those of us who approach the study of politics from a feminist perspective.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 2005 , pp. 326 - 336
Copyright
© 2005 The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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