User:Naomil07/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * War on Women
 * With an 85% completeness score, this article provided an in-depth look at the term "war on women" and it's history. It discussed the development of the term, its relevance to a variety of women's rights issues, and the public reaction to the term and the concept in general. The article does a good job of highlighting how and when the term resurfaced through time, usually in tandem with presidential elections, such as the 2010 and 2016 elections. One thing the page is lacking is an update. In the past year, there have been several additions to the "war on women", most notably, the reversal of Roe and the page has no mention of this. Another thing that I think would be cool to explore is a discussion of the use of the word "women" in the term. Terms like these have been very criticized recently as being exclusive to people who face these issues but don't identify as women. I'd love to add some context on that to the article and I think it would benefit from a new kind of critique which supports the term's attempted impact but looks to expand it even further.
 * Simas, E., & Bumgardner, M. (2017). Modern Sexism and the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election: Reassessing the Casualties of the “War on Women”. Politics & Gender, 13 (3), 359-378. doi:10.1017/S1743923X17000083
 * Deckman, M., & McTague, J. (2015). Did the “war on women” work? Women, men, and the birth control mandate in the 2012 presidential election. American Politics Research, 43(1), 3-26.
 * Simas, E., & Bumgardner, M. (2017). Modern Sexism and the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election: Reassessing the Casualties of the “War on Women”. Politics & Gender, 13 (3), 359-378. doi:10.1017/S1743923X17000083
 * Deckman, M., & McTague, J. (2015). Did the “war on women” work? Women, men, and the birth control mandate in the 2012 presidential election. American Politics Research, 43(1), 3-26.
 * Deckman, M., & McTague, J. (2015). Did the “war on women” work? Women, men, and the birth control mandate in the 2012 presidential election. American Politics Research, 43(1), 3-26.

Option 2

 * Identity Politics
 * Though this wiki page had a slightly lower completeness score at 73%, I found this article to be very thorough and provide a lot of information and evidence. It also has a large reach -- getting over 700 views per day. It begins with a general explanation and history of the term and its use, citing the Combahee River Collective as the group that coined the term. Further, it includes an extensive criticism section full of a variety of different takes on the term and its impact on politics. Then, it discusses many examples of applications of the term through time. I would be curious to further explore how issue politics, as we discussed in class, can isolate candidates from a broader audience and examine whether the use of identity politics has a net positive or negative outcome on being elected and on being able to create change once in office.
 * Bernstein, M. (2005). Identity politics. Annual Review of Sociology, 31 (1), 47–74. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100054
 * Heyes, Cressida, "Identity Politics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
 * Bernstein, M. (2005). Identity politics. Annual Review of Sociology, 31 (1), 47–74. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100054
 * Heyes, Cressida, "Identity Politics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
 * Heyes, Cressida, "Identity Politics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)

Option 3

 * Political Violence
 * Of the three articles, I found this to be the least complete. It begins with an introduction to term and the different types of political violence. From here, it discusses current and past trends in political violence and a brief section on critiques. Finally, it describes the different theories of political violence and the consequences of the political violence on societies. I noticed that the page doesn't include the word "women/woman" at all in the article and uses "men/man" very sparingly. As we discussed in class, there is a difference between violence against women in politics and simply violence in politics. I'd like to explore some of this distinction in this article and potentially add some more context on violence towards politicians in order to reach a political end as this article is more focused on conflicts, genocide, torture, etc.
 * Apter, D.E. (1997). Political Violence in Analytical Perspective. In: Apter, D.E. (eds) The Legitimization of Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25258-9_1
 * Østby, G. (2013). Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature. International Area Studies Review, 16 (2), 206–231. https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865913490937
 * Apter, D.E. (1997). Political Violence in Analytical Perspective. In: Apter, D.E. (eds) The Legitimization of Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25258-9_1
 * Østby, G. (2013). Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature. International Area Studies Review, 16 (2), 206–231. https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865913490937
 * Østby, G. (2013). Inequality and political violence: A review of the literature. International Area Studies Review, 16 (2), 206–231. https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865913490937

'''Krook, M.L. (2017). Violence Against Women in Politics. Journal of Democracy 28(1), 74-88. doi:10.1353/jod.2017.0007.'''