Gender-based violence in politics is a significant and growing problem that threatens the democratic process in Canada. Despite its prevalence, little academic research has been conducted on this topic to date.
Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era raises awareness of and presents new innovative research on this timely and pressing public issue. Here, leading experts from across Canada uncover critical new insights and identify potential solutions that would help address gender-based violence in politics, improve gender equality, and strengthen Canadian democracy. Using an intersectional lens, chapters range in their approaches; offer new concepts and measures of gender-based violence in online political spaces, political media coverage and cartoons, campaigns, municipal politics, and legislatures; and explore Indigenous ways of knowing about gender-based violence in Canadian politics. Additionally, the volume presents recommendations for decision-makers, policymakers, anti-violence advocates, and the academic community on how to best address the problem of gender-based violence in the political sphere.
Edited by:
Tracey Raney,
Cheryl N. Collier
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 226mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781487540029
ISBN 10: 1487540027
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 22 July 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics – A Threat to Gender Equality and Democracy Tracey Raney and Cheryl N. Collier Part 1: Violence against Women in Politics on Social Media in Canada 1. Online Violence against Women in Politics: Canada in a Comparative Perspective Gabrielle Bardall and Chris Tenove 2. Digital Dangers: Theorizing Online Violence against Politicians Angelia Wagner and Tayler Young 3. Ringing an Early Alarm Bell: Image-Based Sexual Violence against Political Actors Dianne Lalonde Part 2: Violence against Women in Politics Reporting in Canadian Mainstream Media 4. Psychological Violence, Media Effects, Counter-Speech, and Political Attitudes Melanee Thomas and Scott Pruysers 5. Gender-Based Violence toward Political Women: Did Print News Coverage Shift after #MeToo? Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant 6. Gender-Based Violence, Humour, and Frontier Masculinity in Alberta Political Cartoons Rissa Reist Part 3: Experiences of Violence against Women in Politics 7. Blurred Lines: Boundaries and Consequences for Indigenous Women in Politics in the Era of #MeToo Rebecca Major and Cynthia Niioo-bineh-seh-kwe Stirbys 8. Who Calls Foul? Gender-Based Violence on the Municipal Campaign Trail Kate Graham 9. The Dark Side of Working in Politics: A Study of MP Staff in Canada Meagan Cloutier Part 4: Assessing “Solutions” to Violence against Women in Politics in Canada 10. Just Bad Apples? Political Accountability and Canadian MPs Accused of Gender-Based Violence Bailey Gerrits 11. Can MP Anti-harassment Training Combat Gender-Based Violence in the House of Commons? A Comparative Analysis of Canada and the United Kingdom Louise Cockram 12. Fixing the Upper House? A Gender- and Race-Based Analysis of the Canadian Senate’s 2021 Harassment and Violence Prevention Policy Tracey Raney 13. Provincial and Territorial Legislature-Based Sexual Harassment Policies for Elected Members: Variation in Approaches but Commonality in Ineffectiveness Cheryl N. Collier and Tracey Raney Conclusion: Canadian Experiences of Gender-Based Violence in Politics – Key Learnings, Action Items, and Avenues for Further Research Cheryl N. Collier and Tracey Raney Contributors Index
Tracey Raney is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. Cheryl N. Collier is a professor of political science and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Windsor.
Reviews for Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era
"""Advancing global debates on violence against women in politics, this path-breaking volume explores efforts to undermine the political participation of people who do not conform to traditional gender norms. Focusing on both formal and informal political spaces, the authors highlight how gender-based harassment poses serious threats to equality and democracy, even in well-established democratic regimes. Adopting an explicitly intersectional approach, the chapters offer novel theoretical insights and empirical findings, and present a wide range of solutions and actions for combatting this urgent problem.""--Mona Lena Krook, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University ""Carefully curated by leading scholars, this volume presents a wealth of new research, advancing Canadian-specific empirical data and providing new intersectional conceptualizations of gender-based violence in politics. Anchored in an 'established' Westminster democracy and settler-colonial state, and framed by the #MeToo movement, it advances the global scholarship on political violence in an era where gendered political violence challenges women's voices and political gains.""--Sarah Childs, Professor of Politics and Gender, University of Edinburgh ""This book effectively highlights how the increased prevalence of gender-based violence in politics (GBV-P) parallels the increasingly diverse roles that women and others are playing in the Canadian political sphere. The range of methodological approaches and a deliberate intersectional focus make this collection a valuable contribution that will inform research for years to come. The recommendations provide guidance on how GBV-P can be called out and potentially prevented, thereby reducing an important deterrent to future political office-seekers and political actors.""--Joanna Everitt, Professor of Political Science, University of New Brunswick, Saint John"
