This article seeks to explain the rise of pro-gender norms and feminist strategies in foreign policy, which are increasingly salient in global politics. How can this trend be theorized? In what ways is this development resisted and contested by other states and international actors? To what extent can we trace continuity and change in regard to gender and foreign policy? To address these major research questions and to spur cross-national comparative studies, this article advances a theoretical framework on gendering foreign policy. It draws on two strands of research, which rarely engage with one another: international feminist theory (IFT) and foreign policy analysis (FPA). We identify three ways in which comparative analysis of gender in foreign policy can be advanced: first, by highlighting the variations of pro-gender norms and enhancing the analytical assessment of cross-national trends; second, by generating a more robust explanation of the rise, embeddedness, and continuity of, as well as resistance to, pro-gender norms in foreign policy in similar and diverse contexts; and third, by examining both continuity and change in pro-gender norms in order to reveal the contestation around gender, which is at the heart of foreign policy. (Less)

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性别外交政策：比较分析框架

本文试图解释外交政策中亲性别规范和女权主义战略的兴起，这些在全球政治中越来越突出。如何将这种趋势理论化？其他国家和国际行为体以何种方式抵制和质疑这一发展？我们可以在多大程度上追踪性别和外交政策的连续性和变化？为了解决这些主要的研究问题并促进跨国比较研究，本文提出了一个关于性别化外交政策的理论框架。它借鉴了很少相互接触的两股研究：国际女权主义理论（IFT）和外交政策分析（FPA）。我们确定了推进外交政策中性别比较分析的三种方式：第一，通过强调支持性别规范的变化并加强对跨国趋势的分析评估；第二，通过对类似和不同背景下的外交政策中亲性别规范的兴起、嵌入性和连续性以及对亲性别规范的抵制产生更强有力的解释；第三，通过检查亲性别规范的连续性和变化，以揭示围绕性别的争论，这是外交政策的核心。（较少的）这是外交政策的核心。（较少的）这是外交政策的核心。（较少的）