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Anne Cress
Anne Cress, M.A., is a doctoral student and junior lecturer at the department of Comparative Politics and European Integration at the Institute of Political Science. She has degrees in political science and social work. She completed the Master's program ›Democracy and Governance in Europe‹ at the Institute of Political Science (University of Tübingen) with a thesis on political representation beyond governmental institutions. With reference to theorists such as Hanna Pitkin, Iris Marion Young, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Hannah Arendt, she dealt with the question of the legitimacy of speaking for marginalised groups.
Her PhD thesis focuses on political participation and civil society representation in Europe from a (postcolonial-) feminist perspective. In her research, she investigates the prostitution policy field and analyses the relationship between civil society representation and political participation. Thus, she focuses on the often neglected representative practice of civil society actors and its political effects.
Since 2015 she is lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (DHBW, Faculty of Social Work).
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels and Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Conradi
Address: Anne Cress, M.A.
Department of Comparative Politics and European Integration
Institute of Political Science (IfP)
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Melanchthonstraße 36
D- 72074 Tübingen, Germany
https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/faecher/fachbereich-sozialwissenschaften/ifp/institut/lehrende/abels/team/anne-cress/
Her PhD thesis focuses on political participation and civil society representation in Europe from a (postcolonial-) feminist perspective. In her research, she investigates the prostitution policy field and analyses the relationship between civil society representation and political participation. Thus, she focuses on the often neglected representative practice of civil society actors and its political effects.
Since 2015 she is lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (DHBW, Faculty of Social Work).
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Abels and Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Conradi
Address: Anne Cress, M.A.
Department of Comparative Politics and European Integration
Institute of Political Science (IfP)
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Melanchthonstraße 36
D- 72074 Tübingen, Germany
https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/faecher/fachbereich-sozialwissenschaften/ifp/institut/lehrende/abels/team/anne-cress/
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As a postmodern-feminist advancement of Grounded Theory, Situational Analysis (SiA) was first put forward in the early 2000s by US sociologist Adele E. Clarke. So far, political science has paid little attention to this innovative approach. However, its potential for political analysis in general and for feminist critical policy analysis in particular should no longer be underestimated. Using SiA, researchers can overcome narrow conceptualizations of ‘the political’ that are still widespread in political science and conduct a comprehensive feminist power analysis of a specific policy field. SiA is highly compatible with intersectional, postcolonial-feminist and other constructivist theories of (political) representation. It enables researchers to incorporate the feminist idea of multiple conflictual public spheres into policy analysis. Three strategies are particularly helpful: (1) the conceptualization of the policy fields as 'arenas' in which different 'social worlds' exist and interact; (2) the search for 'implicated actors'; (3) the visualization of epistemic diversity. Furthermore, SiA offers concrete research tools: In order to render visible the policy field in all its heterogeneity, three kinds of maps (situational maps, social world/arena maps, positional maps) can be created. In this paper, I first address the fact that SiA has been largely neglected by political science so far. Following this I explicate how scholars can make use of SiA in political science and especially in feminist critical policy analysis. I illustrate this using the example of German prostitution policy.
Critique of representation is an important part of feminist political thought and action – not just since the 1970s. Actually, this critique can be traced back at least to the 19th century, if one takes previously marginalized writings of German suffragettes into account. By means of a “reconstructing study of sources” (Conradi 2015), to some extent important reception gaps in feminist theory of political representation can be closed and theoretical continuities can be shown. Primary goal of this article is to enrich the history of political ideas by revisiting the writings of the women’s suffrage movement. An analysis of a feminist critique of representation is worthwhile as it can be an effective instrument for the realization of political equality. By doing so, the inherent ambivalences of representational practices can be theorized and often disguised power relations can be exposed.
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As a postmodern-feminist advancement of Grounded Theory, Situational Analysis (SiA) was first put forward in the early 2000s by US sociologist Adele E. Clarke. So far, political science has paid little attention to this innovative approach. However, its potential for political analysis in general and for feminist critical policy analysis in particular should no longer be underestimated. Using SiA, researchers can overcome narrow conceptualizations of ‘the political’ that are still widespread in political science and conduct a comprehensive feminist power analysis of a specific policy field. SiA is highly compatible with intersectional, postcolonial-feminist and other constructivist theories of (political) representation. It enables researchers to incorporate the feminist idea of multiple conflictual public spheres into policy analysis. Three strategies are particularly helpful: (1) the conceptualization of the policy fields as 'arenas' in which different 'social worlds' exist and interact; (2) the search for 'implicated actors'; (3) the visualization of epistemic diversity. Furthermore, SiA offers concrete research tools: In order to render visible the policy field in all its heterogeneity, three kinds of maps (situational maps, social world/arena maps, positional maps) can be created. In this paper, I first address the fact that SiA has been largely neglected by political science so far. Following this I explicate how scholars can make use of SiA in political science and especially in feminist critical policy analysis. I illustrate this using the example of German prostitution policy.
Critique of representation is an important part of feminist political thought and action – not just since the 1970s. Actually, this critique can be traced back at least to the 19th century, if one takes previously marginalized writings of German suffragettes into account. By means of a “reconstructing study of sources” (Conradi 2015), to some extent important reception gaps in feminist theory of political representation can be closed and theoretical continuities can be shown. Primary goal of this article is to enrich the history of political ideas by revisiting the writings of the women’s suffrage movement. An analysis of a feminist critique of representation is worthwhile as it can be an effective instrument for the realization of political equality. By doing so, the inherent ambivalences of representational practices can be theorized and often disguised power relations can be exposed.