Turbulent Times, Transformational Possibilities?: Gender and Politics Today and Tomorrow

"Fiona MacDonald and Alexandra Dobrowolsky have produced an informative collection of original pieces that speak to the challenges of our age and the promises held by the discourses and practices of a diversity of feminisms. Contributors provide insightful commentary on the turbulence and transformative possibilities in institutions, intersectional politics, international relations and a range of social movements from Black Lives Matter to the alt-right. This is Canadian political science at its innovative best."

Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights, Department of Political Science, The University of Alberta

"Rich, diverse, and topical, this volume brings together leading experts to discuss contemporary themes in women, gender, and politics literature, and is an important and fresh collection contributing to our understanding of the possibilities for transformation in turbulent times."

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Associate Professor of Canadian Politics, Gender & Politics, Department of Political Science, Queen’s University

"Turbulent Times will transform the teaching of gender and politics in political science by expanding the understanding of gender to represent more than the binary of woman and man to include non-binary categories such as transgender as well as the intersectional experiences of gendered persons that include race, sexuality, size, Indigeneity, disability, and the relationship of Indigenous feminism with the land. This book is so needed and timely."

Nadine Changfoot, Trent University

“This is the book to read if you want to understand contemporary feminist politics in Canada.. Intersectional in its approach, Turbulent Times, challenges any simple reading of the feminist politics associated with Justin Trudeau’s premiership. With expansive and critical conceptualizations of gender, identity, politics, and power, this book is very much for those beyond Canada who want to read considered reflections on how feminist politics can and must act in ways that are to the benefit of diverse, and especially, marginalized women. Engaging and accessible, this volume offers a great introduction to feminist political analysis, one that illuminates the many ways in which real world politics and political science require significant re-gendering.” Sarah Childs, University of London

"Wonderfully conceived and executed, this book tackles head-on the weakness of Canadian political science when it comes to understanding the full range of processes that bestow pervasive inequalities in who gets what, when, and how. But rather than restating old critiques, the editors and contributors walk their talk with an inspiring collection that engages relationally with matters of difference, scholarship, and praxis across both institutional and non-institutional spaces. An essential resource for all scholars of Canadian politics."

Matt James, University of Victoria