About

Stephanie Paterson is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She earned her PhD in Policy Studies from the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University, where she specialized in Canadian public policy. Her work centres on the effects produced when states take up and deploy feminist knowledge and expertise, which has led to substantive expertise in feminist and critical policy studies; feminist governance, state feminism, and gender mainstreaming; and the politics of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. Her work has been published in international and Canadian journals, such as Politics & Gender, Gender, Work & Organization, Critical Social Policy, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Girlhood Studies, Social Politics, Critical Policy Studies, Public Policy and Administration, and Policy & Society. She teaches courses in policy theory and feminist/critical policy studies.

Publications

Journal Articles

Trussell, D. E., S. Hebblethwaite, T. Xing, S. Paterson, and M. Evans. Forthcoming. A Critical Analysis of Sport and Physically Active Leisure for New Mothers. Leisure/Loisir.

Paterson, S. and F. Scala. 2021. “Understanding Gender Expertise in the Post-Truth Era: Media Representations of Gender-Based Analysis Plus in Canada.” International Review of Public Policy, 3(3): 1-22.

Larios, L. and S. Paterson. 2021. “Fear of the Other: Vulnerabilization, Social Empathy, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada.” Critical Policy Studies, 15(2):137-145.

Paterson, S. and L. Larios. 2020. “Emotional States: Transnational Motherhood, Policymaking and the Politics of Empathy in Canada.” Critical Policy Studies, 15(3):  273-291.

Paterson, S. 2019. “Emotional Labour: Exploring Emotional Policy Discourses of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Ontario, Canada.” Public Policy and Administration, 36(2): 252–272.

Scala, F., S. Paterson, and L. Richard-Nobert. 2019. “The Gender Logic and Gender Effects of Policy Instruments: Implementing Eldercare Policy in Canada.” Policy and Society, 38 (19): 554 –571.

Paterson, S., S. Hebblethwaite, D. Trussell, M. Evans, and T. Xing. 2019. “I’m More than a Mom: Stories of Parental Leave During the Transition to Motherhood in Canada.” Social Policy and Administration, 53: 401–415.

Levasseur, K., S. Paterson, and N. Arieom. 2018. “Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers: Implications for Gender.” Basic Income Studies, 13(1).

Smith, L. and S. Paterson. 2018. “Guiding Girls: Navigating Neo-Liberal Subjectivity and Government Educational Resources for Young Women.” Girlhood Studies, 11(2), 13–29.

Scala, S. and S. Paterson. 2018. “Stories from the Front Lines: Making Sense of Gender Mainstreaming in Canada.” Politics & Gender, 14(2), 208–234.

Scala, F. and S. Paterson. 2017. “Bureaucratic Role Perceptions and Gender Policy Work in Canada.” Gender, Work and Organization, 24(6), 579–593.

Trussell, D., S. Paterson, S. Hebblethwaite, *T. Xing, and ^*M. Evans. 2017. “Negotiating the Complexities and Risks of an Interdisciplinary Research Team.” International Journal of Qualitative Methods 16(1), 1–10. Available online at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1609406917711351

Scala, F. and S. Paterson. 2017. “Gendering Public Policy or Rationalizing Gender? Strategic Interventions and GBA+ Practice in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 50(2), 427–442.

Paterson, S. and F. Scala. 2017. “Gender Mainstreaming and the Discursive Politics of Public Service Values.” Administrative Theory & Praxis, 39(1), 1–18.

Paterson, S., P. Marier and ^*F. Chu. 2016. “Technocracy or Transformation? Mapping Women’s Policy Agencies and Orienting Gender (In) Equality in the Canadian Provinces.” Canadian Public Administration, 59(3), 405–424.

Paterson, S., D. Trussell, S. Hebblethwaite, ^*M. Evans, and ^*T. Xing. 2016. “Playing with Motherhood? The Politics of Leisure and the Transition to Motherhood in Montreal and Toronto.” Canadian Review of Social Policy, 74(Spring), 109–144.

Levasseur, K. and S. Paterson. 2016. “Jack (and Jill) of All Trades: Apprenticeship Training as Gender Equality Policy.” Social Policy and Administration, 50(5), 520–539.

Marier, P., S. Paterson, and ^*M. Angus. 2014. “From Quacks to Professionals: The Importance of Changing Social Constructions in the Policy Making Process.” Policy Studies 35(4), 413–433.

Paterson, S. and C. Marshall. 2011. “Framing the ‘New Midwifery’:  Media Narratives of Midwifery Debates in Ontario and Quebec.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’etudes canadiennes 45(3), 82–107.

Paterson, S. 2011. “Midwives, Women, and the State: (De)Constructing Midwives and Pregnant Women in Ontario, Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 44(3), 483–505.

Paterson, S. 2011. “Rethinking the Dynamics of Abusive Relationships: The Implications of Violence and Resistance for Household Bargaining.” Review of Radical Political Economics 43(2), 137–153.

Paterson, S. 2010.  “‘Resistors’, ‘Helpless Victims’, and ‘Willing Participants’: The Construction of Women’s Resistance in Canadian Anti-Violence Policy.” Social Politics 17(2), 159–184.

Paterson, S. 2010. “‘What’s the Problem’ with Gender-Based Analysis?  Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Practise in Canada.” Canadian Public Administration 53(3), 395–416.

Paterson, S. 2010. “Feminizing Obstetrics or Medicalizing Midwifery? The Discursive Constitution of Midwifery in Ontario.” Critical Policy Studies 4(2), 127–145.

Paterson, S. 2009. “(Re)Constructing Women’s Resistance to Woman Abuse:  Resources, Strategy Choice, and Implications of and for Public Policy in Canada.”  Critical Social Policy 29(1), 121–145.

Paterson, S. 2004. “Ontario Midwives: Reflections on a Decade of Regulated Midwifery Practise.” Canadian Woman Studies 24(1), 153–158. 

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Paterson, S. Don’t be an Asshole: The Politics of Intimacy, Social Empathy, and Design Justice in Canadian Political Science, Forthcoming. In Feministing in Political Science: A Manifesta for Change in the Academy, F. MacDonald, A. Cattapan, N. Nath, E. Tungohan, and S. Paterson (eds.). Accepted for publication with University of Alberta Press.

Paterson, S. and F. Scala. 2020. “Feminist Government or Government Feminism? Exploring Feminist Policy Analysis in the Trudeau Era.” In Turbulent Times, Transformational Possibilities? Gender and Politics Today and Tomorrow, A. Dobrowolsky and F. MacDonald (eds.). University of Toronto Press. Pp. 49–67.

Paterson, S. and F. Scala. 2015. “Making Gender Visible: Exploring Feminist Perspectives Through the Case of Anti-Smoking Policy.” In the Handbook of Critical Policy Studies, F. Fischer, D. Torgerson, A. Durnova, and M. Orsini (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Paterson, S. 2014. “Deinstitutionalizing Pregnancy and Birth: Alternative Childbirth and the New Scalar Politics of Reproduction.”  In Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada, S. Paterson, F. Scala, and M. Sokolon (eds.): 178–204.  Montreal:  McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Paterson, S., F. Scala and M. Sokolon. 2014. “Introduction: Exploring the Politics of Reproduction in Canada.” In Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada, S. Paterson, F. Scala, and M. Sokolon (eds.): 3–18.  Montreal:  McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Paterson, S., F. Scala and M. Sokolon. 2014. “Conclusion.” In Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada, S. Paterson, F. Scala, and M. Sokolon (eds.): 359–368.  Montreal:  McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Levasseur, K. and S. Paterson. 2006. “Forest Sector Regulation and Resource Communities.” In Rules, Rules, Rules, Rules: Multi-Level Regulatory Governance, B. Doern and R. Johnson (eds.): 209–233. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Paterson, S., K. Levasseur and T. Teplova. 2004. “I Spy with my Little Eye:  Canada’s Child Centred Policy Framework.” In How Ottawa Spends 2004-2005, B. Doern (ed.): 131–150. Toronto: McGill-Queens University Press.

Edited Volumes

MacDonald, F., A. Cattapan, N. Nath, E. Tungohan, and S. Paterson. Feministing in Political Science: A Manifesta for Change in the Academy. Accepted for publication with the University of Alberta Press. Expected publication date: Spring 2024.

Levasseur, K., S. Paterson, and L. Turnbull (eds.). 2020. Mothing and Welfare: Depriving, Surviving, and Thriving. Toronto: Demeter Press.

Paterson, S., F. Scala and M. Sokolon (eds). 2014. Fertile Ground: Exploring Reproduction in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Email: stephanie.paterson@concordia.ca