Informed by the latest research and trends, this book examines the way in which domestic and global institutions shape and reflect gender interests and the extent to which feminists can challenge gender norms through political institutions.

1. Introduction: The Politics of Women’s Interests 2. The Problem with Interests: Making Political Claims for ‘Women’ 3. Is There Such a Thing as a Political Women’s Interest in Britain? 4. Women’s Interests and Political Orientations: The Gender Voting Gap in Three Industrialized Settings 5. Advancing Women’s Interest in Formal Politics: The Politics of Presence and Proportional Representation in the Antipodes 6. From Women’s Interests to Special Interests: Reframing Equality Claims 7. Disparate Fates in Challenging Times: Women’s Policy Agencies and Neoliberalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand and British Columbia 8. Gender Inequality and Feminist Activism in Institutions: Challenges of Marginalization and Feminist ‘Fading’ 9. Women’s Interests, Gender Mainstreaming and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 10. International Citizenship and Women’s Interests 11. ‘Women’s Interests’ as ‘Women’s Rights’: Developments at the UN Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Court

"The collection succeeds in highlighting the varied opportunities and constraints presented for the articulation and advocacy of women’s interests and the contingent, dynamic nature that is required for feminist activism… It will be a valuable addition to readings lists on comparative political analysis and gender studies, and contributes to the growing scholarship in this field."International Feminist Journal of Politics, 9:3, 433 - 434