Democracy in Practice: Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliaments
(2014)
Book
Johnson, R. E., & Rai, S. (Eds.). (2014). Democracy in Practice: Gendered Ceremony and Ritual in Parliaments. Palgrave Macmillan
Dr Rachel Johnson's Outputs (5)
'The Speakership and Parliamentary Feminisation: The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers'; 'Disrupting Deliberation: Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation'; and ‘Pageantry as Politics: The State Opening of Parliaments’ (2014)
Book Chapter
Johnson, R., Armitage, F., & Spary, C. (2014). 'The Speakership and Parliamentary Feminisation: The Emergence and Impact of First Female Speakers'; 'Disrupting Deliberation: Comparing Repertoires of Parliamentary Representation'; and ‘Pageantry as Politics: The State Opening of Parliaments’. In R. Johnson, & S. Rai (Eds.), Democracy in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan
Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994 (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, R. E. (2014). Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994. Politics & Gender, 10(4), 595-621. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743923x14000439The aim of the article is to develop our understanding of the role bodies play in processes of institutional change. It does so through developing an approach to the politics of institutional newness that highlights the way in which raced and gendere... Read More about Women as a Sign of the New? Appointments to South Africa's Constitutional Court since 1994.
Haunted by the Somatic Norm: South African Parliamentary Debates on Abortion in 1975 and 1996 (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, R. E. (2014). Haunted by the Somatic Norm: South African Parliamentary Debates on Abortion in 1975 and 1996. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 39(2), 485-508. https://doi.org/10.1086/673126This article uses the concept of an institutional somatic or bodily norm alongside the notion of haunting to suggest a new way of thinking about processes of institutional change. The article asks, is it an overwhelming presence of men that creates a... Read More about Haunted by the Somatic Norm: South African Parliamentary Debates on Abortion in 1975 and 1996.
Gendering Processes of Institutional Design: Activists at the Negotiating Table: Sheila Meintjes, Alice Brown and Valerie Oosterveld in Conversation with Laura McLeod and Rachel Johnson (2014)
Journal Article
Johnson, R., & McLeod, L. (2014). Gendering Processes of Institutional Design: Activists at the Negotiating Table: Sheila Meintjes, Alice Brown and Valerie Oosterveld in Conversation with Laura McLeod and Rachel Johnson. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 16(2), 354-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2014.918777