Equality politics and gender

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Equality politics and gender

edited by Elizabeth Meehan and Selma Sevenhuijsen

Sage, 1991

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  • : pbk

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Does equality imply the same treatment of men and women? Or is different treatment needed to ensure equal levels of autonomy for both sexes? By discussing equality in specific contexts such as welfare, pregnancy, child custody, protective legislation and employment, the contributors to this volume provide powerful insights into both the analytic concept of equality and strategies for devising, implementing and evaluating public policy. The book presents a convincing case for moving beyond the dichotomy of equality/difference by adopting a contextual approach.

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Problems in Principles and Policies - Elizabeth Meehan and Selma Sevenhuijsen PART ONE: POLITICAL THEORY AND LEGAL DISCOURSE Equal Opportunity - Ian Forbes Radical, Liberal and Conservative Critiques Conceptions of Gender Equality - Tuija Parvikko Similarity and Difference Equality, Autonomy and Feminist Politics - Jet Bussemaker Pregnancy, the Law and the Meaning of Equality - Carol Bacchi Justice, Moral Reasoning and the Politics of Child Custody - Selma Sevenhuijsen PART TWO: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND PUBLIC POLICIES Is This What We Wanted? Positive Action as Issue Perversion - Joyce Outshoorn Agendas and - Amy Mazur Egalite Professionelle Symbolic Policy at Work in France Jennifer Jarman The Repeal of Protective Legislation - Equality or Marginalization Evelyn Mahon Birte Siim - Women and Equality in the Irish Civil Service Women's Citizenship in the Scandinavian Welfare States - Welfare State, Gender Politics and Equality Policies

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