Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Mottier, Véronique. The Rise and Fall of French Social Theory. Harvard: Harvard University Press (forthcoming).

Duschinsky, Robbie & Véronique Mottier (Eds) The DSM-5 as Political Battleground: Gender Identities, Sexual Norms, and Female Desire. Special Issue of Psychology & Sexuality, volume 7, issue 1, 67 pages (2016).

Mottier, Véronique & Robbie Duschinsky (Eds) DSM-5: Classifying Sex. Special Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 89 pages (2015).

Mottier, Véronique. Sexuality. New York: Sterling Publisher (expanded, American edition), 179 pages (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 151 pages (2008).

Mottier, Véronique. Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press (audiobook version with Suzanne Toren) (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. Sexualidade. Uma breve introduçao. Translated into Portuguese by Isabel Veríssimo. Alfragide: Texto Editores. (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. מיגיות מבוא קצר מאור (fully revised and updated edition of Sexuality). Translated into Hebrew by Adara Chatumi. Jerusalem: The Bialik Institute (2014).

Mottier, Véronique. Sexualitӓt. Eine sehr kurze Einführung. Translated into German by Jürgen Neubauer. Bern, Verlag Hans Huber (2015).

Gerodetti, Natalia and Véronique Mottier (Eds.) Feminist Politics of Reproduction. Special Issue of Feminist Theory, Vol.10/2, 97 pages (2009).

Mottier, Véronique and Laura von Mandach (Eds.) Pflege, Stigmatisierung und Eugenik: Integration und Ausschluss in Medizin, Psychiatrie und Sozialhilfe. Zürich: Seismo, 168 pages (2007).

Hasdeu, Iulia, Mottier, Véronique, Parini, Lorena, Roux, Patricia, Spano, Maria Rosaria (Eds.) Postcommunisme: Genre et États en transition, Special Issue of Nouvelles Questions Féministes, Vol.23, No.2, 168 pages (2004).

Carver, Terrell & Véronique Mottier (Eds.) Politics of Sexuality: Identity, Gender, Citizenship. London: Routledge, 200 pages (paperback 2006; eBook version 2007; Hardback 1998).

Ballmer-Cao, Thanh-Huyen, Mottier, Véronique & Lea Sgier (Eds.) Genre et politique: débats et perspectives. Paris: Gallimard, 542 pages (2000).

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Duschinsky, Robbie & Véronique Mottier. ‘The DSM-5 as Political Battleground: Gender Identities, Sexual norms, and Female Desire’, in The DSM-5 as Political Battleground: Gender Identities, Sexual Norms, and Female Desire. Special Issue of Psychology & Sexuality, edited by R. Duschinsky & V. Mottier, vol. 7/1, pp.1-5 (2016).

Mottier, Véronique & Robbie Duschinsky. ‘Introduction to the Special Section on DSM-5: Classifying Sex’, in DSM-5: Classifying Sex. Special Issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior, edited by V. Mottier & R. Duschinsky, 44, 5, pp.1087-1090 (2015).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Etat et contrôle de la sexualité reproductive: l’example des politiques eugénistes dans les démocraties libérales (Suisse, Suède et Royaume-Uni)’, Politique et sociétés, special issue: Sexualité et politique en francophonie vol.31/2, pp.31-50 (2012).

Gerodetti, Natalia & Véronique Mottier. ‘Feminism(s) and the Politics of Reproduction’, Feminist Politics of Reproduction: Special Issue of the journal Feminist Theory, edited by N. Gerodetti et V. Mottier, Vol.10/2, pp.147-152 (2009).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Theorising Sexuality: Gender Power, Feminism and Sexual Liberation’, Tsantsa Revue de la Société suisse d’ethnologie 13: 34-41 (2008).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Eugenics, Politics and the State: Social-Democracy and the Swiss Gardening State’, Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 39(2): 263-269 (2008).

Mottier, Véronique & Natalia Gerodetti. ‘Eugenics and Social Democracy: Or, How the European Left Tried to Eliminate the « Weeds » From Its National Gardens’, New Formations 20 : 35-49 (2007).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Eugenics and the Swiss Gender Regime : Women’s Bodies and the Struggle Against ‘Difference’, Revue Suisse de Sociologie 32 : 253-267 (2006).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘The Interpretive Turn : History, Memory and Storage in Qualitative Research, Qualitative Inquiry, 6(2)(2005).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Pragmatism and Feminist Theory’, European Journal of Social Theory, 7, 3: 323-335 (2004).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Symposium on Feminist Methodologies: Feminist Political Theory’, European Political Science (EPS) 3.2 (spring): 79-84 (2004).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘L’Etat, l’analyse des politiques publiques et le genre’, in Special Issue: Staat, Politik und Geschlecht. Genderforschung in der Politikwissenschaft, edited by S. Hardmeier.  Universelle (6):103-118 (2004).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sociaal-democratie en eugenetica’ (in Dutch: ‘Social-democracy and eugenics’), Socialisme en Democratie 9: 20-28 (2003).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Discourse Analysis and the Politics of Identity/Difference’, European Political Science (EPS) 2.1 (autumn):57-60 (2002).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Masculine Domination: Gender and Power in Bourdieu’s Writings’, Feminist Theory, vol.3(3): 345-359 (2002).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Foucault Revisited: Recent Assessments of the Legacy’, Acta Sociologica 44(4): 329-336 (2001).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Narratives of National Identity: Sexuality, Race and the Swiss “Dream of Order”’, Swiss Journal of Sociology 26(3): 533-556 (2000).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Anthony Giddens over de Derde Weg’ (In Dutch: Anthony Giddens and the Third Way). Krisis, 77: 64-72 (1999).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘The Politics of Sex: Truth Games and the Hite Reports’, Economy and Society Vol.24 No.4 (November): 520-39 (1995).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Citizenship and Gender Division in the Swiss Direct Democracy: from Structures to Political Action’, West European Politics Vol. 18, No.1 (January): 161-172 (1995).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘La mise en discours de la sexualité: le féminisme à la recherche de stratégies’, Annuaire Suisse de science politique no.34: 79-98 (1994).

Caramani, Daniele, Mottier, Véronique & William Ossipow. ‘La guerre du Golfe et la presse genevoise’, Hermès 13-14: 155-164 (1994).

also published in Spanish translation: Caramani, Daniele, Mottier, Véronique & William Ossipow. ‘La guerra del Golfo y la prensa de Ginebra’, pp.164-174 in Isabel Veyrat-Masson y Daniel Dayan (Eds), Espacios publicos en imagines, Barcelona : Gedisa Editorial (1997).

Book Chapters

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sterilisation, including coerced/forced sterilisation’, in Nancy Naples (Ed.) Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies (5 volumes) (forthcoming).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Reproductive Rights’, pp.214-235 in Waylen, G., Celis, K, Weldon, L. & J. Kantola  (Eds) The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Gender, Reproductive Politics and the Liberal State: Beyond Foucault’, pp.142-157 in Duschinsky, R. & L.A. Rocha (Eds) Foucault, The Family and Politics, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2012).

Baert, Patrick, Weinberg, Darin, Véronique Mottier. ‘Social constructionism, postmodernism and deconstructionism’, pp.475-486 in I. C. Jarvie & J. Zamora-Bonilla (Eds)  The Sage Handbook of The Philosophy of Social Sciences, Sage (2011).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Eugenics and the State: Policy-Making in Comparative Perspective’, pp.134-153 in The Oxford Handbook of the History of Eugenics, edited by A. Bashford & P. Levine. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Eugenic «Science» and the Trajectory into Modernity’, in Wecker, R., Braunschweig, S., Imboden, G., Küchenhoff, B., Ritter, H.J. (Eds) Wie nationalsozialistisch ist die Eugenik? Wien: Bohlau Verlag (2009).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Metaphors, Mini-Narratives and Foucauldian Discourse Theory’, pp.182-194 in T. Carver & J. Pikalo (Eds), Political Language and Metaphor, London: Routledge (2008).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Einleitung’ & ‘Introduction’, pp.7-16 (German version) & 17-25 (French version) in V. Mottier & L. Von Mandach (Eds) Pflege, Stigmatisierung und Eugenik: Integration und Ausschluss in Medizin, Psychiatrie und Sozialhilfe, Zürich: Seismo (2007).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘American pragmatism, Neopragmatism, and Feminist Political Theory: a Failed Rendez-Vous?’, pp.95-113 in Pragmatism and European Social Theory, edited by P. Baert & B. Turner, Oxford: The Bardwell Press (2007).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Féminisme‘, pp.455-457 in Dictionnaire des sciences humaines, edited by S. Mesure & P. Savidan, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France (2006).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘From Welfare to Social Exclusion: Eugenic Social Policies and the Swiss National Order,’ pp. 255-274 in Discourse Theory in European Politics: Identity, Policy, Governance, edited by D. Howarth & J. Torfing. London: Palgrave MacMillan (2005).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Feminism and Gender Theory: The Return of the State’, in Handbook of Political Theory, edited by J. Gauss & C. Kukathas, New York: Sage (2004).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘The Interpretive Turn: History, Memory, and Storage in Qualitative research’, pp. 39-50 in Qualitative Inquiry: Research, Archiving, and Re-use, edited by M. Bergman and T. S. Eberle, Bern: Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (2004).

Bergman, Manfred Max & Mottier, Véronique. ‘La diversité culturelle en Suisse’, pp. 71-99 in Rapport Rocial 2004, edited by C. Suter, I. Renschler & D. Joye. Zürich: Seismo (2004).

also published in German translation as: Bergman, M. & V. Mottier (2004), ‘Kulturelle Vierfalt in der Schweiz’, pp. 73-100 in Sozialbericht 2004, edited by C. Suter, I. Renschler & D. Joye. Zürich: Seismo.

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sozialdarwinismus’, in E. Carigiet, U. Mäder & J.M. Bonvin (Eds), Wörterbuch der Sozialpolitik, Zürich: Rotpunktverlag: 277 (2003).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Eugenik’, in E. Carigiet, U. Mäder & J.M. Bonvin (Eds), Wörterbuch der Sozialpolitik, Zürich: Rotpunktverlag: 89-90 (2003).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Hermeneutics and Interpretative Validity: Limits to Interpretation’, in Social Science Methodology in the New Millenium, edited by J.Blasius, J.Hox, E.de Leeuw & P.Schmidt. Opladen, FRG: Leske & Budrich (2001).

Mottier, Véronique, Sgier, Lea & Thanh-Huyen Ballmer-Cao. ‘Les rapports entre le genre et la politique’, in Ballmer-Cao, T.-H., Mottier, V. & L. Sgier (Eds) Genre et politique: débats et perspectives. Paris: Gallimard (2000).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Praxis, Macht und Interpretation: Garfinkel, Bourdieu, Foucault’, pp. 126-157 in Interpretation, Konstruktion, Kultur: ein Paradigmenwechsel in den Sozialwissenschaften, edited by A. Reckwitz & H. Sievert, Opladen/Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag (1999).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sexuality and Sexology: Michel Foucault’, pp.113-123 in Politics of Sexuality: Identity, Gender, Citizenship, edited by T. Carver & V. Mottier. London: Routledge (1998).

Carver, Terrell & Véronique Mottier. ‘Introduction’, pp.1-9 in Politics of Sexuality: Identity, Gender, Citizenship, edited by T. Carver & V. Mottier. London: Routledge (1998).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sex and Discourse. The Politics of the Hite Reports’, pp.39-59 in Interpreting the Political: New Methodologies, edited by T. Carver & M. Hyvärinen. London: Routledge (1997).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘La structuration sociale de la participation aux votations fédérales’, pp.123-144 in Citoyenneté et démocratie directe, edited by H. Kriesi. Zürich: Seismo (1993).

Review Essays

Mottier, Véronique. Review of ‘La médecine du sexe et les femmes. Anthologie des perversions féminines au 19e siècle’ by Sylvie Chaperon, Nouvelles Questions Féministes, Special Issue ‘Entre plaisir et contrainte: nouvelles questions sur la sexualité des femmes’, eds. A. Andro, L. Bachmann, N. Bajos, C. Hamel, M. Vuille, 29:3 (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Review of Feminism and the Final Foucault, edited by Dianna Taylor and Karen Vintges’, Feminist Theory 8,3: 363-364 (2007).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘A Toolbox of Deadly Spanners. Review of the Dits et écrits 1954-88 par Michel Foucault, edited by Daniel Defert & François Ewald’, Times Higher Education Supplement 13 October: 27 (1995).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Op zoek naar de genderbewuste politieke vrouw. Recensie van Sue Tolleson Rinehart, Gender Consciousness and Politics ’, Tijdschrift voor vrouwenstudies [Dutch Journal of Women’s Studies] 15,2: 297-299 (1994).

Other Publications (selected)

Mottier, Véronique (co-authored with 10 others): A Statement on the Meaning, Quality Assessment, and Teaching of Qualitative research methods, Swiss Academy for Humanities and Social Sciences (2010).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Meaning, Identity, Power : Metaphors and Discourse Analysis’, Travaux de Sciences Politiques, 30, Institut d’études politiques et internationales, Université de Lausanne (2007).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Against Bologna Mainstreaming : the Cambridge Model’, Bulletin of the Swiss Sociological Association, 130 : 47-48 (2006).

Hasdeu, Iulia, Mottier, Véronique, Parini, Lorena, Roux, Patricia, Spano, Maria Rosaria, ‘Editorial’, in Special Issue on ‘Postcommunisme: Genre et États en transition’, edited by Hasdeu, I., Mottier, V., Parini, L., Roux, P., Spano, M. R., Nouvelles Questions Féministes, Vol.23, No.2 (2004).

Mottier, Véronique & Max Bergman. ‘Sexualité et sida: dynamique de l’intimité et pratiques a risque’. Aids Infothek (2000).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Interactions sexuelles face au VIH/sida et dynamique de l’intimité’, Suisse-Sida-Recherche (November): 21-22 (2000).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Sexuality and the Making of the Nation: Eugenics and the Swiss “Gardening State”’, Travaux et communications, 6, Université de Genève: Département de science politique (1999).

Mottier, Véronique & Bergman, Manfred Max. ‘Etre deux face au sida: interactions sexuelles et dynamique de l’intimité’, Psychoscope, 10: 12-13 (1999).

Mottier, Véronique. ‘Les règles de la méthode interprétative: au-delà de l’action et de la structure’, Études et Recherches no. 27. Université de Genève: Département de science politique (1994).

Passy, Florence, Mottier, Véronique, DiGiacomo, Fabio, Caramani, Daniele, Kriesi, Hanspeter. ‘Analyse der eidgenössischen Abstimmungen vom 16. Februar 1992’, Vox no. 44 (September), Bern: GfS-Forschungsinstitut & Université de Genève (1992).

Mottier, Véronique, Passy, Florence, Pichelin, Hervé, Kriesi, Hanspeter. ‘Analyse des votations fédérales du 3 mars 1991’, Vox no.41 (August), Bern: Société suisse de recherche pratique & Université de Genève (1991).