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Mona Lena Krook

@mlkrook.bsky.social

Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University. Chair of the Rutgers Women & Politics Ph.D. Program. Editor of Politics & Gender, 2022-2028. β™€οΈπŸ›πŸŒŽ

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Gendersky Polisky

20.02.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited to come home and find this book in the mail! Officially on sale today in the UK and in the US in February πŸ“š

Basically my life's work, so I hope you enjoy it!

paritypolitics.org

Polisky Gendersky

12.12.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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So excited to come home and find this book in the mail! Officially on sale today in the UK and in the US in February πŸ“š

Basically my life's work, so I hope you enjoy it!

paritypolitics.org

Polisky Gendersky

12.12.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
CFP reads "Abortion Storytelling in State Politics: Critical Perspectives Proposal"

CFP reads "Abortion Storytelling in State Politics: Critical Perspectives Proposal"

✨Call for Submissions✨

A team of scholars is soliciting abstracts on Abortion Storytelling in State Politics. The collection will be featured in a Critical Perspectives proposal for Politics & Gender.

πŸ—“οΈDeadline: February 1, 2026.

Read the call in the link below:

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09.12.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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Violence against Women in Politics Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment. This book provide...

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, here is a excerpt of my 2020 book, Violence against Women in Politics.

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To purchase the book:
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To access the companion website:
www.vawpolitics.org

Gendersky

25.11.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our special section on #feministforeignpolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social is currently free to access!

@tonihaastrup.bsky.social @columbaachilleos.bsky.social

18.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Editorial titled "Politics & Gender and International Relations" by Mona Lena Krook.

Editorial titled "Politics & Gender and International Relations" by Mona Lena Krook.

πŸ“’New issue of #PAG21 is out!πŸ“’

Our editor @mlkrook.bsky.social introduces our new issue reflecting on the growing (and compelling) research agenda in feminist IR.

polisky gendersky

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17.11.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core Politics & Gender

Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.

All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Gendersky Polisky

17.11.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nonprofit Toolkit: Resources for organizations facing government investigations On this page, you’ll find short topic-specific primers that build on our full-length guide, Protecting Civic Space.

🚨Civil society is under threat. Our new Nonprofit Investigations Toolkit gives organizations tools to navigate the current environment. Equip your organization to stand strong against political intimidation.

Explore the resources β†’ https://protdem.org/NonprofitInvestigationsToolkit

10.11.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our new Virtual Special Issue highlights some of our editors' favorite articles published during their editorial terms.

The current editor @mlkrook.bsky.social selected work from across subfields highlighting gendered politics in several arenas.

#OpenAccess until December 2025!

22.10.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 89058    πŸ” 28882    πŸ’¬ 2311    πŸ“Œ 1845
Elect Women for a Change | Gender Parity in Politics Women have made significant inroads into political life over the last 30 years. Yet many nations still lag behind. In the face of these developments, a new global movement is taking shape. Building on...

The website for my forthcoming book, Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, is now live!

www.paritypolitics.org

Reach out if you might be interested in having me come give a talk! The book will be published by Polity in February 2026.

Gendersky Polisky

13.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Elect Women for a Change | Gender Parity in Politics Women have made significant inroads into political life over the last 30 years. Yet many nations still lag behind. In the face of these developments, a new global movement is taking shape. Building on...

The website for my forthcoming book, Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, is now live!

www.paritypolitics.org

Reach out if you might be interested in having me come give a talk! The book will be published by Polity in February 2026.

Gendersky Polisky

13.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Promotional banner with a yellow and dark green background featuring the text 'Politics & Gender' and the hashtag 'FirstView'.

Promotional banner with a yellow and dark green background featuring the text 'Politics & Gender' and the hashtag 'FirstView'.

#FirstView from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -

Editorial: Politics & Gender and International Relations - https://cup.org/43jhlKH

- @mlkrook.bsky.social

13.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster of the masthead of Politics & Gender with a blue background and the words Politics and Gender in blue and yellow. At the top of the poster the banner reads 20 years of high-quality scholarship on women, gender, and politics. At the bottom are the APSA and Cambridge University Press logos.

Poster of the masthead of Politics & Gender with a blue background and the words Politics and Gender in blue and yellow. At the top of the poster the banner reads 20 years of high-quality scholarship on women, gender, and politics. At the bottom are the APSA and Cambridge University Press logos.

Thank you to everyone who attended our 20th Anniversary roundtable at #APSA2025!

@mlkrook.bsky.social , Karen Beckwith, Mary Caputi, @sfranceschet.bsky.social & @cwolbrecht.bsky.social had an insightful conversation about their time as editors and the role of P&G in Political Science.

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16.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Image featuring the phrase "Politics & Gender" repeated in rows with varying opacities in yellow text on a teal background.

The Politics & Gender best article prize is an annual award recognizing the best article published in the journal during the previous year.

You can browse the winning @politicsgenderj.bsky.social articles here - https://cup.org/4n8Lzrm

#APSA2025

13.09.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Title: 20th Anniversary Editors's Choice Collection 
Text: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender(opens in a new tab), past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles published during their editorial terms. Criteria for selecting these articles reflected a mix of considerations, including the impact and originality of the articles – as well as their relevance to understanding the current political climate. Collectively, they reflect the broad reach of the journal, representing different subfields and methodological approaches, as well as the work of junior and more established scholars.

Please enjoy free access to all articles below until the end of December 2025. 

For the latest articles from Politics & Gender, follow us on X and Bluesky.

Title: 20th Anniversary Editors's Choice Collection Text: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender(opens in a new tab), past and current journal editors were asked to identify some of their favorite articles published during their editorial terms. Criteria for selecting these articles reflected a mix of considerations, including the impact and originality of the articles – as well as their relevance to understanding the current political climate. Collectively, they reflect the broad reach of the journal, representing different subfields and methodological approaches, as well as the work of junior and more established scholars. Please enjoy free access to all articles below until the end of December 2025. For the latest articles from Politics & Gender, follow us on X and Bluesky.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of P&G, we've compiled a list of favorite articles from the tenure of our former and current editors as part of a new Virtual Special Issue.

The selected articles will be ✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until December 2025.

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12.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Attending #APSA2025 in Vancouver?

Politics & Gender will be holding a roundtable to reflect on the 20th anniversary of the journal.

Join us bright and early at 8 am on Sunday to hear from @mlkrook.bsky.social, Karen Beckwith, Mary Caputi, @sfranceschet.bsky.social & @christinagahn.bsky.social.

11.09.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Congratulations to @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social on winning the @apsa.bsky.social Victoria Schuck Award for her book on resistance to gender quotas in Uruguay! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ύ

Get the book from Oxford University Press:
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Gendersky

11.09.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great start to the @apsa.bsky.social conference with a pre-conference on studying youth representation! @geo-quinn.bsky.social shared the latest dataset on young elected leaders in the US states from the Rutgers Center for Youth Political Participation. For the data, see cypp.rutgers.edu/data/ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

11.09.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, Written by a leading authority on women and politics, this incisive book makes the case for gender parity and identifies strategies to ...

Excited to share that I have a new book coming out in February 2026! Drawing on my work as an academic & consultant over the last 25 years, the book provides a road map for achieving gender parity in politics - the what, why, & how.

Available now for preorder:

www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

09.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection 20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, current editor @mlkrook.bsky.social asked the previous editors (myself and @sfranceschet.bsky.social included) to identify our favorite articles published during our terms. Check it out!
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09.09.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection 20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection

I am delighted to share the latest virtual special issue at @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, the 20th Anniversary Editors' Choice collection featuring favorite articles of current and past editors over the years.

Articles are free to access until the end of December.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

09.09.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very big and very deserved award for @mlkrook.bsky.social β€” congrats! πŸ‘

29.08.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Research article entitled "Politics without Presence? The Symbolic Representation of Trans People in Germany and the Netherlands" by 
Anne Louise Schotel and Liza MΓΌgge.
Abstract begins: Historically, trans people have been excluded from politics. Despite political under representation, trans interests increasingly appear on the political agenda in the Netherlands and Germany. In 2021, trans women were elected to the Dutch and German parliaments for the first time. However, increased trans visibility is accompanied by backlash and transphobia. The political representation of trans people does not follow a familiar pattern from elected descriptive representatives to increased substantive representation of interests. What mechanisms shape the political representation of trans people? We argue that symbolic representation shapes possibilities for descriptive and substantive representation of trans people.

Research article entitled "Politics without Presence? The Symbolic Representation of Trans People in Germany and the Netherlands" by Anne Louise Schotel and Liza MΓΌgge. Abstract begins: Historically, trans people have been excluded from politics. Despite political under representation, trans interests increasingly appear on the political agenda in the Netherlands and Germany. In 2021, trans women were elected to the Dutch and German parliaments for the first time. However, increased trans visibility is accompanied by backlash and transphobia. The political representation of trans people does not follow a familiar pattern from elected descriptive representatives to increased substantive representation of interests. What mechanisms shape the political representation of trans people? We argue that symbolic representation shapes possibilities for descriptive and substantive representation of trans people.

πŸ† Winner of this year's Best Article Prize πŸ†

@alschotel.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social use of qualitative text analysis paired with in-depth interviews bring out critical insights into trans symbolic representation in πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ & πŸ‡³πŸ‡± parliaments.

Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟
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30.06.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Zohran Mamdani’s win has inspired over 3400 young people to raise their hands to run for office just since Tuesday. It’s now @runforsomething.net’s biggest candidate recruitment moment since the election.

A new generation of leaders is here.

28.06.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 21101    πŸ” 4245    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 332

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Learn to write. Learn to read. Learn to think. Learn to work with data. Learn a foreign language. Major in whatever you want.

Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is stronger than ever.

25.06.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.

A lot of tonight should go to @lindseyboylan.bsky.social who selflessly has made a good and righteous fight on behalf of herself and the other women Cuomo not only harassed... but then wasted our taxpayer dollars to legally harass again and again.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

25.06.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2004    πŸ” 467    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 22

Congratulations to the 13 brave women who risked their careers and reputations to stand up to Cuomo’s sexual predation

25.06.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10527    πŸ” 1490    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 29

After resigning in disgrace, Cuomo attacked the women he harassed with vexatious, punitive legal filings meant to bankrupt and humiliate them, and threatened to sue them for defamation. He wanted them to shut up. At great personal risk, they didn’t.

25.06.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1673    πŸ” 275    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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