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S. Laurel Weldon, Associate Professor
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Education
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
M.A., University of British Columbia, Canada
B.A., Simon Fraser Univesity, Canada
Research
Empirically, Laurel Weldon's work so far focuses on policies on violence against women, with some work on living wage and anti-poverty policies. Her theoretical work focus is social structures and public policy, and exploring the implications of patterns of group inequality for democratic politics and policy making. She is especially interested in the political impact of social movements and specialized bureaucratic agencies, in analysing how these phenomena reflect and transform social structures, and in turn, democratic policymaking.
Selected Publications
Protest, Policy and the Problem of Violence Against Women: A Cross-National Comparison, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press (2002).
"Beyond Bodies: Institutional Sources of Representation for Women." Journal of Politics 64 (4) November 2002: 1153-1174
"Women's Movements, Identity Politics and Policy Impact: A Study of Policies on Violence Against Women in the 50 U.S. States: Forthcoming, Political Research Quarterly.