Jacquetta Newman, Linda White, Tammy Findlay

Women, Politics, and Public Policy

The Political Struggles of Canadian Women

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Produktbeschreibung

Women, Politics, and Public Policy continues to incorporate uniquely Canadian perspectives on the intersectionality of feminism, womenâs politics, and public policy-making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199025527
• ISBN-10: 0199025525
• Artikelnr.: 58342786

Autorenporträt

Jacquetta Newman is an associate professor of political science at Kingâs University College at Western University. Linda A. White is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Tammy Findlay is an associate professor and the chair of political and Canadian studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* 1 Introduction
* Feminism: What's in a Name?
* Gender and the Social Construction of Women and Womanhood
* Equality in the Face of Subtle but Daily Effects of
Distinction/Discrimination
* What Is "Public" and "Private"?
* Conclusion: Feminism, Post-Feminism, and Intersections: Do Feminism
and Women's
* Movements still have a Role to Play?
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 2 Modern Feminist Theory
* "Sister, Can You Paradigm?": The Importance of Theory
* Theorizing about Women: A Modern Herstory
* Conclusion: From Sameness to Difference, from Ideas to the Body
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 3 Contemporary Debates in Feminist Theory
* Difference Feminism
* Identity Politics: The Politics of "Who I Am and Who I Become"
* Postmodern Feminism: Irony and Deconstruction
* Intersectionality: Finding Common Ground through a Geography of the
Oppression
* Conclusion: Global Solidarity
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 4 The Women's Movement in Canada
* Generational Waves: Mobilization, Latency, and Abeyance
* The Canadian Women's Movement
* Old Waves, New Waves, and the Million Women March
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 5 Contextualizing Policy Change (previously chapter 6)
* Question 1: What Do Women Want and What Avenues Exist to Express
Demands?
* Question 2: How Do Women Go about Achieving Their Demands? Debates
over Insider versus Outsider
* When it Comes to Government Funding, are All Women's Groups Treated
Equally?
* Question 3: Do Women's Actions Succeed? Changing the Substance of
Public Policy
* Conclusion: Has Women's Activism Made a Difference?
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 6 Women's Participation in Formal Politics (previously chapter 5)
* Women as Representatives: The Numbers
* Quality versus Quantity: Trustee, Delegate, or Mirror Representative?
* Barriers to Women's Success in Achieving Elected Office
* Conclusion: The Problems of Supply and Demand
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 7 The Construction of Families and Family Policy (chapters 7 and 8
combined)
* Family at the Centre of Political Debates
* Other-Mothering: Race, Culture, and the "Preferred" Family Form
* The Evolution and Structure of the Family in Canada
* Policy and the Law: Who Can Be a Family in Canada?
* When Marriage Breaks Down
* Divorce, Spousal Support, and Child Support
* Child Custody
* Family Violence
* Conclusion
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 8 Production, Reproduction, and Women's Bodily Autonomy (previously
chapter 12)
* Government Regulation of Reproduction
* Abortion: Individual Choice or an Affront to Family Values?
* Feminist Challenges to Restrictions on Reproductive Rights
* New Challenges for Pro-Choice Feminists
* Medication Abortion as an Alternative to Surgical Abortion
* From Rights to Reproductive Freedom
* Regulating the Making of Families
* Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Feminist Policy Prescriptions
* Assisted Reproductive Technologies: The Government's Response
* Conclusion
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 9 Money, McJobs, and Glass Ceilings
* The Story of Women's Work in Canada
* Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Reserve Labour Force
* The Grounds of Economic Inequality
* The Value of a Stay-at-Home Mother
* Explaining Gender Roles and the Wage Gap: It's Not Rocket Science,
It's Social Science
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 10 Challenging Market Rule and Balancing Work and Family
* A History of Workplace-Based Policy Change
* Anti-Discrimination, Equity, and Equality: Pay and Employment Equity
Policies
* Balancing Work and Family Life: Parental Leave and Child Care
* Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 11 Regulation and Control of Women's Bodies
* Beauty and the Body
* Prostitution
* Pornography
* Conclusion: The Problem of Harm, Lessons from the Body Wars
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* 12 Canada in the World
* Gendering International Relations
* The Women's Movement and International Relations
* Women's Issues in Global Politics
* Continuing Struggles for Inclusion and Recognition
* Questions for Critical Thought
* Annotated Bibliography
* Notes
* References
* Index