Geschlechterforschung, Postmoderne und die Wissenschaft von der Politik

Ansichten aus einem aktuellen Paradigmenstreit

Abstract

Gender Studies have only just started to establish themselves in Political Science. Nevertheless, a paradigm debatecan already be anticipated between anti-essentialist and deconstructive/post-modern approaches and theory formation. The category »Gendern is a central point of conflict as an analytical unit of reference. Which explanatory power can the category claim for the production, reproduction and legitimization of gender dominance in the political process?