GENDER AND POLICY IN FRANCE by Gill Allwood, Khursheed Wadia ( 9780230244382 )

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GENDER AND POLICY IN FRANCE

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ISBN 10:

0230244386

ISBN 13:

9780230244382

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

21 August, 2009

Series:

French Politics, Society and Culture

Description:

Combining fresh, critical insights from a feminist and anti-racist perspective, this is an excellent synthesis of some of the most important issues on the French public policy agenda. It provides detailed analysis and broad contextualization of debates on employment, parity, domestic violence, abortion, prostitution, and Islamic headscarves.

Synopsis:

Parliaments made up of more than 80 per cent men have, since 2000, passed laws on contraception, abortion and domestic violence. Men have decided whether girls can wear the Islamic headscarf to school, whether prostitutes should be criminalized rather than their clients, and whether the number of women involved in making these decisions should be increased. The relation between gender and policy is far more complex than whether or not women participate in decision making. Taking as a premise that all public policies are gendered, this book considers selected policy issues which illustrate aspects of the relationship between feminism, gender and policy; a relationship which is increasingly recognised as complex, dynamic and variable. The complexity is best amplified, for example, when attention is focused on intersections of race and gender, class and gender, or both, in policy debates and decision making, raising questions about meanings of universalism, equal rights and citizenship.

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6, 6 black & white tables

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Palgrave Macmillan

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Non-returnable

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