Amy Mazur

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Amy Gale Mazur (born May 5, 1962 ) is an American political scientist and professor of political science at Washington State University and an associate researcher at the Center d'Etudes Européennes at Sciences Po in Paris.

Life

Mazur attended the Université de Caen in France from 1982 to 1983. In 1984 she received a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College. From 1986 to 1987 she worked at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques de Paris on her thesis. At New York University, she received a Master of Arts degree in 1986 and a PhD in Philosophy in Politics and French in 1992 . In autumn 2001 she was Professor for International Feminist Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum . From 2005 to 2006 she was the United Nations Expert on Equal Participation of Men and Women in Decision-Making Processes and Rapporteur for the Final Report. Mazur has also received research requests from the European Union , the World Bank , the International Labor Organization and the Obama administration . She has received research grants from the National Science Foundation , the European Science Foundation , the French Ministry of Social Affairs and the Norwegian National Science Organization. In 2009 she attended the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Warwick . From 2006 to 2014 she was co-editor with Cornell Clayton of the Political Research Quarterly . In 2015 she was a member of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities .

Mazur's research focus is on comparative feminist politics, women's political agencies / state feminism, implementation and conceptualization of feminist politics and French politics. She is the representative of the Gender Equality Policy in Practice Network (GEPP) and co-editor of the magazine for French politics. She is also one of the founders of the Research Network on Gender Politics and the State (RNGS).

Publications

Books

  • Gender Bias and the State: Symbolic Reform at Work in Fifth Republic France , Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995
  • State Feminism, Women's Movements, and Job Training: Making Democracies Work in the Global Economy New York, Routledge, 2001
  • Theorizing Feminist Policy. London, Oxford University Press, 2002
  • with Gary Goertz: Politics, Gender, and Concepts: Theory and Methodology Cambridge University Press, 2008
  • with Dorothy McBride, Joni Lovenduski, Joyce Outshoorn, Birgit Sauer and Marila Guadagnini: The Politics of State Feminism: Innovation in Comparative Research Temple University Press, 2010
  • with Dorothy McBride Stetson: Comparative State Feminism Thousand Oaks, 2015
  • with Robert Elgie and Emiliano Grossman: The Oxford University Press Handbook on French Politics. 2016

Government reports

  • Equal Participation of Women and Men in Decision-making Processes, with Particular Emphasis on Political Participation and Leadership , United Nations, 2006
  • with Dorothy McBride: Background Paper for WDR12 on Gender Machineries Worldwide World Bank, 2011

Awards

  • 1988–1989: Research Fellow , Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris
  • 1988–1989: Graduate Research Institute Fellow , Columbia University, Paris
  • 1993: Georges Lavau Dissertation Award , Conference Group on French Politics and Society, American Political Science Association
  • 1995: Nomination for the Marian Smith Faculty Achievement Award , WSU
  • 2001: Nomination for Visiting Professorship at the Center for the Advancement of Women in Politics , Queens University Belfast
  • 2003: Nomination Woman of the Year, Women of Distinction Awards , Washington State University
  • 2006 and 2007: Nomination for Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award , Washington State University
  • 2011: Outstanding Professional Achievement Award , Midwest Political Science Association, Women's Caucus for Political Science
  • 2011: Excellence in Professional Service Award , College of Liberal Arts, Washington State University
  • 2014: Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Teaching, Research and Creative Activities , College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amy G. Mazur | Sciences Po Center d'études européennes ( fr ) March 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Meet our Faculty | PPPA | Washington State University ( en-US )
  3. ↑ CV .
  4. ^ Equal Participation of Women and Men in Decision-Making Processes, with Particular Emphasis on Political Participation and Leadership .
  5. ^ Gender Machineries Worldwide .
personal data
SURNAME Mazur, Amy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mazur, Amy Gale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1962