Sex equality policy in Western Europe

Author(s)

• Davenport, Frances G. (Frances Gardiner)

Bibliographic Information

Sex equality policy in Western Europe

edited by Frances Gardiner

（European political science series / edited by Hans Keman）

Routledge, 1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-228) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book presents a wide-ranging comparative analysis of the development of sex-equality policies within Europe. The contributors, comprising both European and US-based scholars, address a very current political issue. This is an area of policy that has reached the decision-making stage in much of Europe and it is thus possible to assess the outcome of policy-making and to account for cross-national variations of sex-equality policy measures. The contributors discuss the similarities and differences in levels of awareness, commitment to equality of opportunity and readiness to turn rhetoric into reality in a number of west European countries, including Spain, the Netherlands, Britain, Norway and Ireland.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Frances Gardiner
• Part 1 Contested concepts - selective practice
• Chapter 2 Effective utilisation of equality rights, Claire Kilpatrick
• Chapter 3 Equality strategies and political representation, Pippa Norris
• Chapter 4 The timid and the bold, Frances Gardiner, Monique Leijenaar
• Part 2 Elements in the policy community and process
• Chapter 5 Sex equality and the rules of the game, Joni Lovenduski
• Chapter 6 Incorporating feminism, Joyce Outshoorn
• Chapter 7 State feminism and gender equality policies, Celia Valiente
• Chapter 8 The organisation of equality policies at the local level, Janneke van der Ros
• Part 3 Privatising equality, gendered citizenship, inter/transnational influences
• Chapter 9 The privatisation of equality policy in the British employment market for women, Ian Forbes
• Chapter 10 Citizenship, welfare state regimes and breadwinner arrangements, Jet Bussemaker
• Chapter 11 Dea ex Machina or the interplay between national and international policymaking, Bob Reinalda

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Details

• NCID: BA30481557
• ISBN:
  • 0415144043
• LCCN: 96036569
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 234 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1237.5.E85
  • DC20 : 305.42/094
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy -- Europe, Western
  • LCSH : Sex discrimination -- Government policy -- Europe, Western
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27670449