Feminist institutionalism and women’s political leadership in devolution era Scotland

Morrison, J. Cayce; Gibbs, Ewan

doi:10.1057/s41293-021-00197-1

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“…Within the distinct and devolved Scottish penal context within which this research is located (Croall et al, 2016;McNeill, 2016;Morrison, 2016Morrison, , 2012Sparks & Morrison, 2015), the 2013 SPS organisational review (SPS, 2013), remains a formative influence on penal policy. This organisational review has desistance as its theoretical underpinning (McNeill, 2016), and more widely it is within the SPS that desistance theories have had a particular impact, with desistance theory subsequently reflected in a number of policy documents (SPS, 2016).…”

Section: The Scottish Penal Contextmentioning

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“…Across diverse areas of analysis, this literature implies that prisons have an increasing resonance or synergy with community contexts, with a closer and an increasing number of connections between custody and community (Comfort, 2009). This article critically engages with this trend within the devolved Scottish penal context (Croall et al, 2016;Morrison, 2016Morrison, , 2012Sparks & Morrison, 2015) where a range of recent penal policies has sought to locate people in custody closer to their communities. Policy development in relation to Scottish prisons emerges as exhibiting an ambition to increase the equivalence of services within custody and the community.…”

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What do times of crisis reveal about the “total” nature of prisons? Analysing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis within the Scottish prison system

Maycock

2023

Journal of Criminology

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Times of crisis within prison settings either at a system-wide level during times of riots or during pandemics or at more personal levels during time in segregation can be particularly challenging times when the prison can feel more ‘total’ than other times. Goffman's influential work outlines a particular interpretation of the parameters of the total institution, of which prisons were one manifestation. In the years following its publication, a wide range of research has sought to subvert the notion that prisons are total institutions, suggesting a greater permeability of contemporary prison walls. This article calls for a re-consideration of this dismissal, and a reconnection and critical engagement with Goffman's original parameters within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown. The lockdown in response to COVID-19 in prison settings has resulted in many prison jurisdictions rolling back many of the erosion of the prison looking and feeling like a total institution. Through the analysis of 19 letters received from 8 people in custody in one Scottish prison, there emerges a reframed and reconsidered permeability of prison walls. For the participants in this study, the experiences of the COVID-19 lockdown complicate much of the recent critique of the relevance of the total institution as a theoretical frame to analyse contemporary prisons. This article argues that by considering the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic, it is possible to observe a more essential quality of contemporary imprisonment, obscured through decades of penal reform but one that emerges during times of crisis.

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Section: The Scottish Penal Contextmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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What do times of crisis reveal about the “total” nature of prisons? Analysing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis within the Scottish prison system

Maycock

2023

Journal of Criminology

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“…Consequently, the process of constructing valid models of real institutions and their powers should ideally involve a range of discursive material (Evans and Kenny 2020;Kenny 2014). To address this, FI scholars employ a variety of material generating approaches, including archival work and document analysis (Colley and van Acker 2021;van Dijk 2023;Morrison and Gibbs 2023), interviews (including focus groups, in-depth interviews, and life histories), process tracing (Kenny 2013), and political ethnography (Gains 2011;Galea et al 2020;Smrek 2022). Political ethnography, for example, combines the methodological advantages of directly observing human actions with the analysis of discursive material (Alina-Pisano 2009).…”

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Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them: A Critical Realist Approach

Grahn

2023

Pol & Gen

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The gender and politics literature offers diverse views on the causes of gendered practices and the best methodologies for studying them. This article advances efforts to take stock of and systematize this diversity by grounding the feminist institutionalist perspective in critical realism. The article posits that gendered institutions are real entities with independent powers, while also emphasizing the crucial role that human ideas play in upholding and contesting gendered practices. To faithfully capture gendered institutions and their relationship with human agency, the article promotes the use of the abductive-retroductive research design. This approach allows feminist institutionalist scholars to construct and test multiple competing theories about gendered institutions, drawing from various empirical manifestations of institutional power. These expressions range from observable actions to codified rules, socially shared norms, and other subtle discourses. By shedding light on the principles at the heart of realist-oriented feminist research, this work paves the way for a more standardized and transparent approach to feminist inquiries.

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“…The rise of these women to leadership of three of the biggest political parties in Scotland is unsurprising with the renewal of Scottish politics maturing 'under devolution, with female politicians enjoying a novel prominence.' (Morrison and Gibbs, 2022). That it is heralded as 'novel' serves to illustrate nicely the challenges women still face when seeking to enter and be proactive in public life -being regarded as a political leader while being a woman is unusual with the prevailing implication captured here from Morrison & Gibbs (2022) presented as being is a one-off, passing fad, and we must entertain the idea while not taking it seriously.…”

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“…(Morrison and Gibbs, 2022). That it is heralded as 'novel' serves to illustrate nicely the challenges women still face when seeking to enter and be proactive in public life -being regarded as a political leader while being a woman is unusual with the prevailing implication captured here from Morrison & Gibbs (2022) presented as being is a one-off, passing fad, and we must entertain the idea while not taking it seriously.…”

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The Scottish Melting Pot – Social Media, Politics, Scotland and Online Violence Against Women

Barker

2024

Scottish Affairs

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In an increasingly digital Scotland, it is easy to think that generation equal has been achieved. Women make up almost 50% of MSPs at Holyrood, and Scotland has recently had the first woman First Minister. But, increasingly women in public and political life are being put off, turning away, and seeking to leave elected office because of the toll of social media abuse amounting to online violence against women. This paper will explore the concept of online violence against women (OVAW) in the context of women in politics and public life, and against the backdrop of Scottish society. It discusses the challenges, and obstacles of OVAW in Scottish political contexts, not least because of the impact that has been imposed on politically active and prominent women in Scotland. Finally, this paper explores whether the melting pot of misogyny, tempered by a new women-led political class, and facilitated by digital technologies is too much of an ask for women who are already shouldering the expectations and hopes of Scottish society.

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Feminist institutionalism and women’s political leadership in devolution era Scotland

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

What do times of crisis reveal about the “total” nature of prisons? Analysing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis within the Scottish prison system

What do times of crisis reveal about the “total” nature of prisons? Analysing the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis within the Scottish prison system

Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them: A Critical Realist Approach

The Scottish Melting Pot – Social Media, Politics, Scotland and Online Violence Against Women

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