Women in International Relations

Maliniak, Daniel; Oakes, Amy; Peterson, Susan; Tierney, Michael J.

doi:10.1017/s1743923x08000068

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“…These authors claim that there is no gender difference in who uses statistical analyses, noting that a large proportion of papers published in many of the discipline's top journals are statistically based. The gender difference they found emerges when reviewing nonstatistical methods, particularly case studies: papers with only male authors used case studies (usually a qualitative method) 14.2% of the time, whereas papers with only female authors used case studies 23.5% of the time (Breuning and Sanders 2007, 350, Figure 3 also suggests that women are disproportionately likely to study comparative politics rather than other subfields (Maliniak et al 2008).…”

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Gender, Diversity, and Methods in Political Science: A Theory of Selection and Survival Biases

Shames

Wise

2017

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At a recent major political science conference, Tamara (not her real name) presented an in-depth qualitative study several years in the making, only to have the panelist speaking after her begin his remarks by saying, "And now back to the hardcore data." By this, he meant quantitative, large-n data, which his work utilized. This moment highlights a series of tensions in our field relating to gender and methodology, and their effects, which this article explores and elucidates.T he state of gender politics in political science is not nearly as "far from ideal" as it once was (Judith Shklar, quoted in Hoffman 1989, 833) but neither is it gender-neutral. The "inhospitable institutional climate" cited in the 2005 American Political Science Association (APSA) Report on the Status of Women in Political Science persists in multiple subtle (and sometimes notso-subtle) ways, as well as in certain spaces (i.e., departments, conferences, and subfields) far more than in others.One of the most obvious areas of gender disproportionality is in the methodology subfield. When areas of the field lag behind in gender integration, it is cause for concern. This is particularly acute for political methodology, however, because it is both a gender-integration laggard and the area of the field that develops the "rules of the game" for good political science. As such, political methodology is not simply a standalone subfield in the discipline; it also informs the work done in most other subfields. The lack of diversity in political methodology, therefore, raises the uncomfortable possibility that some of our "rules of the game" may embed biases based on the relative privilege of those making them.Given the disproportionate focus on and status of highly complex statistical methodology within political science as a whole, the fact that such methodology is far more likely to be the province of men than women is concerning, from both a methodological standpoint and a gendered perspective. As practitioners and critical observers of this discipline, and as methodology instructors ourselves, we are concerned about the increasing status of complex statistical methodology (and the perception that it is somehow "better" than qualitative or far simpler quantitative work) as well as persisting gender disparities in the field-and we see these trends as linked. To be clear, our aim is not to rehash the qualitativeversus-quantitative debate but rather to add a new angle: this cleavage in research methods is not gender-neutral.Anecdotes like Tamara's abound but systematic data on these questions can be difficult to find or collect. Therefore, this article presents a theory based on initial data rather than welltested hypotheses, but these are ideas worthy of discussion and further testing. What systematic data we have found-coupled with useful previous literature and our own experiences-allow us to posit a complex and interactive set of gender-related forces operating within political science and particularly affecting graduate students.Spec...

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Gender, Diversity, and Methods in Political Science: A Theory of Selection and Survival Biases

Shames

Wise

2017

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“…Survey "Teaching, Research, and Policy Views of International Relations Faculty" (TRIP) menunjukkan bahwa 22 persen dari penstudi HI sudah tidak menggunakan analisis paradigmatik di dalam kerja akademis mereka (Daniel Maliniak, 2007). Berdasarkan survey tersebut, dapat diamati bahwa semakin sedikit juga jumlah dari penstudi HI yang mengidentifikasikan diri mereka ke dalam kategori paradigma tertentu.…”

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“…Berdasarkan survey tersebut, dapat diamati bahwa semakin sedikit juga jumlah dari penstudi HI yang mengidentifikasikan diri mereka ke dalam kategori paradigma tertentu. Sebesar 22 persen penstudi HI yang menjadi responden mengidentifikasikan diri sebagai konstruktivis, 16 persen realis, dan 15 persen sebagai liberal (Daniel Maliniak, 2007). Bahkan hanya sebesar 5 persen dari penstudi HI yang di-survey yang menyatakan bahwa penelitian yang mereka dijalankan dimotivasi oleh pertimbangan paradigmatis.…”

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“…Bahkan hanya sebesar 5 persen dari penstudi HI yang di-survey yang menyatakan bahwa penelitian yang mereka dijalankan dimotivasi oleh pertimbangan paradigmatis. Sementara itu, area isu (sebesar 39 persen) dan peristiwa terkini/relevansi kebijakan (33 persen) tampak menjadi pendorong utama dari kerja akademis sebagian besar penstudi HI hari ini (Daniel Maliniak, 2007). Sehingga, jika teori HI yang dikatakan telah mati tersebut adalah kecenderungan semakin tersingkirnya posisi sentral paradigma baik bagi identitas ataupun kerja akademis penstudi HI, maka hasil survey ini menjadi penegas bagi kondisi tersebut.…”

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Perkembangan Dan Permasalahan Teorisasi Hubungan Internasional Pasca “Perdebatan”

Mantra

2015

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There are two contradictory narratives those enframe the contemporary development of International Relations (IR) AbstrakAda dua narasi kontradiktif yang membingkai perkembangan teori Hubungan Internasional. Di satu sisi muncul semacam kerisauan akan berakhirnya teori HI seiring dengan semakin absennya perdebatan yang mewarnai perkembangan studi ini. Sementara itu, pada sisi lain, terdapat narasi yang justru merayakan optimisme akan berseminya bunga-bunga teori sebagai tanda yang cerah bagi masa depan perkembangan studi hubungan internasional. Problem dari gejala pertama adalah munculnya semacam "debatisme" yang melahirkan kesalahan persepsi atas sejarah perkembangan teori hubungan internasional. Sedang fenomena kedua mengidap problem berupa miskinnya debat-debat filosofis dan mendasar yang amat diperlukan dalam memperkaya perspektif hubungan internasional. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk membingkai dua kecenderungan tersebut untuk kemudian melihat ruangruang baru eksplorasi teoritis yang penting dalam perkembangan studi Hubungan Internasional. Kata kunci: debat studi hubungan internasional, keragaman, teorisasi, kontruksi http://dx

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“…Students have also been voting with their feet. There is new interest in practical fields of study for undergraduate students, particularly since the economic recession of 2007-2008(Flaherty 2015Hayward 2015).…”

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Teach a Student to Fish? International Relations Scholars in the Classroom

Rathbun

2017

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American higher-education institutions are under increasing pressure to prepare their students with practical skills for the workplace, and the social sciences-including political science-are not immune. Political figures have suggested-sometimes seconded by academics themselves-that research distracts academics from imparting practical skills to undergraduate students. Using a survey of international relations (IR) scholars, this article shows that this is not the case. Those who spend more time on research actually devote more time to policy-relevant research in their courses than more abstract and theoretical work, and they incorporate more contemporary issues. Research seems to encourage academics to teach their students to fish.

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Women in International Relations

Cited by 40 publications

References 31 publications

Gender, Diversity, and Methods in Political Science: A Theory of Selection and Survival Biases

Gender, Diversity, and Methods in Political Science: A Theory of Selection and Survival Biases

Perkembangan Dan Permasalahan Teorisasi Hubungan Internasional Pasca “Perdebatan”

Teach a Student to Fish? International Relations Scholars in the Classroom

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