Equality Politics and Gender (SAGE Modern Politics series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803984839 ISBN 13: 9780803984837

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Elizabeth Meehan is Professor in the Department of Politics at the Queen′s University of Belfast, where she is also the Jean Monnet Professor of European Social Policy. Elizabeth Meehan is the author of Women′s Rights at Work (1985), co-author of Feminism and Political Theory (1986) and co-editor of Equality Politics and Gender (1991). Elizabeth Meehan is Chair of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom.

Review

`the papers are well argued and informative, covering both conceptual and policy issues, several European countries and several policy initiatives. The book is thus a valuable resource for scholars in theory and empirical research, as well as for students. It is interesting for political theorists in that it focuses away from the often much too abstractly discussed question of whether women should insist on their equality with, or difference from, men, on the critique of this seemingly exclusive dichotomy and on more specific conceptual issues and policy initiatives and their outcomes′ - Political Studies

`The book′s greatest strength, constituting its contribution to the field, is its inclusion of analyses of equality of opportunity in a variety of political and economic systems; it thus illuminates the varying conceptualizations of equality.′ - Choice

`stimulating... breaks new ground in raising serious theoretical, legal and policy questions about the interpretation and use of the concept of equality in the treatment of women....of timely interest to feminist activists and theorists....should prove enlightening for advanced students and researchers′ - Canadian Journal of Political Science

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0803984839
• ISBN 13: 9780803984837
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Meehan Elizabeth M, Sevenhuijsen Selma