Question

bDefine the term 'Political Theory'. Discuss plarxist and feminist perspectives of political theory.

Answer 1

Answer:

Feminist political theory is a diverse subfield of feminist theory working towards three main goals:

• To understand and critique the role of gender in how political theory is conventionally construed.
• To re-frame and re-articulate conventional political theory in light of feminist issues (especially gender equality).
• To support political science presuming and pursuing gender equality.

Feminist political theory encompasses a broad scope of approaches. It overlaps with related areas including feminist jurisprudence/feminist legal theory; feminist political philosophy; female-centered empirical research in political science; and feminist research methods (feminist method) for use in political science the social sciences. Indeed, one scholar notes that, insofar as almost all versions of feminism involve "demonstrating the ways in which politics, understood as power relations, is present in our everyday lives," one could reasonably "describe feminist theory as a whole as a kind of political philosophy."[1] What frequently distinguishes feminist political theory from feminism broadly is the specific examination of the state and its role in the reproduction or redressing of gender inequality.