How Gender Can Transform the Social Sciences

Marian Sawer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University, an Officer of the Order of Australia and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Fiona Jenkins is Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University and current convenor of the ANU Gender Institute. Karen Downing, is a historian at the Australian National University and a researcher on the Gendered Excellence in the Social Sciences project.

• 1. Introduction: The Gender Lens and Innovation in the Social Sciences; Fiona Jenkins & Marian Sawer.- Part 1. Philosophy.- 2. The Ethics of Care: Valuing or Essentialising Women's Work?; Fiona Jenkins.- 3. Epistemic Injustice and Questions of Credibility; Katrina Hutchinson.- Part 2. Political Science.- 4. Political Representation: The Gendered Effects of Voting Systems; Marian Sawer & Manon Tremblay.- 5. Parliaments as Gendered Workplaces; Sonia Palmieri.- 6. Violence Against Women in Politics; Mona Lena Krook.- 7. Feminist Interventions in Security Studies; Katrina Lee-Koo.- Part 3. History.- 8. Reconceiving the Situation; Kate Laing.- 9. Gendered Perspectives on War and Nationhood: The Prism of Anzac; Carolyn Holbrook.- 10. Women in Economic History; Catherine Bishop.- Part 4. Economics.- 11. New Ways to Measure Economic Activity: Breastfeeding as an Economic Indicator; Julie P Smith & Nancy Folbre.- 12. Gender Budgeting; Marian Sawer & Miranda Stewart.- 13.Feminist Economics and Retirement Income and Savings Policy; Siobhan Austen & Rhonda Sharp.- 14. The Individual Deprivation Measure: A Gender Sensitive Approach to Multi-dimensional Poverty Measurement; Sharon Bessell.- Part 5. Sociology.- 15. Emotional Labour: Valuing Skills in Service Sector Employment; Anne Junor.- 16. Smoking as a Gendered Activity; Helen Keane.- 17. Applying a Gender Lens to Reduce Disaster Risk in Southern Africa: The Role of Men's Organisations; Kylah Forbes-Biggs.- 18. Toxic Chemicals and their Effects on Reproduction.- 19. Moving Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries to Respond to Climate Change; Margaret Jolly.