Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Carole Pateman (1940- ) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of Political Science. She was the first woman President of the International Political Science Association (1991-1994) and was President of the American Political Science Association (2009-2011). Her books include Participation and Democratic Theory (1970), The Problem of Political Obligation (1985), The Sexual Contract (1988), and The Disorder of Women: Democracy, Feminism and Political Theory (1989). The collection consists of materials related to Pateman's career as a scholar and professor, her published works, as well as her collection of publications, clippings, and ephemera from the 1960s and 1970s related to anarchism, socialism, labor organizing, war resistance, and civil disobedience.
- Extent:
- 4 linear feet (9 boxes and 2 half boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Carole Pateman papers (Collection 2324). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of materials related to UCLA political science faculty Carole Pateman, including materials related to her work as a professor and scholar. A highlight is her collection of publications, clippings, and ephemera from the late 1950s through the 1970s related to anarchism, socialism, labor organizing, war resistance, and civil disobedience. The collection also includes materials from courses taught, lectures, published works, and correspondence.
- Biographical / historical:
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Carole Pateman was born in Sussex, England on December 11, 1940. From a working-class family, Pateman benefited from British social reforms of the 1940s which allowed her to attend Oxford University through merit-based examinations, where she earned her BA, MA, and PhD. Pateman was appointed to the Department of Political Science at UCLA in 1990 and taught there until becoming a professor emeritus. Pateman was the first woman President of the International Political Science Association (1991-1994) and President of American Political Science Association (2009-2011). She was awarded honorary doctorates from the Australian National University, the National University of Ireland, and Helsinki University. Her accomplishments include: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences (1980), the American Academy for Arts and Sciences (1996), and the British Academy (2007). Pateman is known for her books Participation and Democratic Theory (1970), The Problem of Political Obligation (1985), The Sexual Contract (1988), and The Disorder of Women: Democracy, Feminism and Political Theory (1989).
- Acquisition information:
- Carole Pateman; Gift; 2016.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Julie Botnick under the supervision of M. Angel Diaz in UCLA Library Special Collections, 2018.
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Anarchy publications, 1960-2001
- Series 2: Academic work, 1985-2009
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Carole Pateman papers (Collection 2324). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988