Confronting barriers: The status of women in political science

Sarkees, Meredith Reid; McGlen, Nancy E.

doi:10.1080/1554477x.1992.9970654

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“…Kelly and Fisher (1993, 544) found that few of the published articles about women and politics have been published in the leading politi- cal science journals. Sarkees and McGlen (1992) and the Committee on the Status of Women (1992, 550) also suggest that traditional journals have been reluctant to publish articles dealing with gender politics or feminist theory, subfields dominated by female researchers. The committee (1992,552) suggests that male political scientists tend to devalue research by women, especially when gender is the primary topic of the research.…”

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“…(See Table 1) In fact, according to Sarkees and McGlen (1992), women now receive about 40% of bachelor's degrees, 31% of master's degrees, and 27% of doctoral degrees issued from American political science departments. Sarkees and McGlen's data depict a large increase in the percentage of women receiving political science degrees over the past two decades.…”

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An Assessment of Articles Published by Women in 15 Top Political Science Journals

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1995

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An Assessment of Articles Published by Women in 15 Top Political Science Journals

Young

1995

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“… This is not to say there has not been any progress. In the 1960s, women accounted for a mere 5.5% of political science academic positions (Sarkees and McGlen :54). …”

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Women and Pre-Tenure Scholarly Productivity in International Studies: An Investigation into the Leaky Career Pipeline

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Why are women still relatively scarce in the international studies profession? Although women have entered careers in international studies in increasing numbers, they represent increasingly smaller percentages as they move from PhD student to full professor. Our survey investigates why this is so, focusing on the assistant professor years, which are crucial to succeeding in the profession. We found that there are significant differences in publication rates, as well as differences in research focus (traditional subjects vs. newer subfields) and methodologies (quantitative vs. qualitative). Further, women and men have different perceptions of official and unwritten expectations for research, and policies regarding faculty with children may affect how successful women are in moving up the ladder. Taken together, these findings suggest reasons for the continued “leakiness” of the career pipeline for women and some potential solutions.

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“…1994; Young 1995; Tétreault, Johnstone, Ling, and Hornung 1997; Breuning and Sanders 2005; Breuning 2010) and in book publishing (Mathews and Anderson 2001). In addition, there have been several comprehensive assessments published on the status of women in political science and international studies (Sarkees and McGlen 1992, 1999; Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession 2001; Maliniak, Oakes, Peterson, and Tierney 2008; Henehan and Sarkees 2009; Sarkees and Breuning 2010). These studies each present useful analyses of women’s presence and career patterns.…”

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Participation by Women in ISA Annual Meetings, 2005-2009

Breuning

2010

International Studies Perspectives

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This study investigates how well women are represented at the International Studies Association's (ISA) annual meetings. It tracks women's participation in the roles of chairpersons, paper presenters, and discussants on the panels, roundtables, and poster sessions at five consecutive annual meetings. Additionally, the study investigates women's relative presence in the sessions sponsored by the various sections of the ISA and whether it makes a difference if women or men are the section's program organizers. The findings demonstrate that women are steadily increasing their presence at the ISA's annual meetings. The conclusion interprets this finding within the larger context of the field of international studies.How well are women represented at the annual meetings of the International Studies Association (ISA)? Although there have been a number of studies on various aspects of the status of women in international studies, women's participation in the ISA's annual meetings is a largely unexplored aspect of the status of women in the profession (for example, Henehan and Sarkees 2009; Sarkees and Breuning 2010). The annual meetings provide an important venue for members of the profession to receive feedback on their work, learn about the work of their colleagues and trends in the profession, as well as meet and network with colleagues. As such, the ISA's annual meetings serve an important purpose in the careers of the association's members and conference participants. Although the importance of the annual meetings certainly stretches well beyond the official program, tracking women's participation in the organized panels and roundtables is a tangible way in which the advancement of women in the profession can be made visible.This study provides a comparative assessment of women's participation in five consecutive annual meetings. In addition to a survey of women's participation in various roles-such as chair, discussant, and paper or poster presenter-the study investigates variation in the propensity of the association's sections to incorporate women, as well as the role played by the women and men who organize the conference program for these sections.The study's basic design is derived from the work of International Studies Perspectives (2010) 11, 242-254.

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Confronting barriers: The status of women in political science

Cited by 17 publications

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An Assessment of Articles Published by Women in 15 Top Political Science Journals

An Assessment of Articles Published by Women in 15 Top Political Science Journals

Women and Pre-Tenure Scholarly Productivity in International Studies: An Investigation into the Leaky Career Pipeline

Participation by Women in ISA Annual Meetings, 2005-2009

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