Women and New Labour Engendering politics and policy? /
Gains, FrancescaHerausgeberedt
Annesley, ClaireHerausgeberedt
Bristol : Policy,
2007.
New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective.
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Cover; Women and New Labour; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; How is New Labour gendered?; How is the policy-making process gendered?; What is the impact of wider political opportunity structure?; What are the gender outcomes?; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; 1. Feminising politics and policy: the impact of New Labour; Introduction: Women and New Labour; Opportunities for feminisation; Constraints to the feminisation of politics; The structure and key arguments of this book; 2. Theoretical underpinnings: women, gender, feminising and politics
IntroductionFeminism and gender construction; Feminising politics and gender mainstreaming; Conclusion; 3. Women and Nordic labour parties; Introduction; The gender record in Norway and Sweden; Opportunities taken by women in promoting gender equality; A 'women-friendly' society? Policy outcomes under Nordic social democracy; Conclusion; 4. Framing claims for women: from 'old' to 'new' Labour; The British Labour Party in comparative context; Strategic framing and the political opportunity structures of the Labour Party; Strategic framing and representational claims for women
Strategic framing and substantive policy claims for womenConclusion; 5. Engendering the machinery of governance; Introduction; Women's formal representation in politics; The non-elected state; Engendering in the core executive; Conclusion; 6. Two steps forward, one step back: the gender dimensions of Treasury policy under New Labour; Introduction; Big ambitions; Modest ambitions; Time to try again?; 7. New Labour policy and the gender pay gap; Introduction; Trends in the gender pay gap; The New Labour government response; Conclusion; 8. New Labour: family policy and gender; Introduction
Family diversity and family policyGender impact of New Labour's family policies; Discussion; Conclusion; 9. Caring, citizenship and New Labour: dilemmas and contradictions for disabled and older women; Introduction; Formulating the policy problem; New Labour's response: Citizenship policies for older and disabled women; The outcome; Conclusion; 10. Labour and 'lesbian- and gay riendly' policy; Introduction; I promise to ...; Forsaking all others ...; I now pronounce you ...; To have and to hold ...; Love, honour and obey; Conclusion
11. The gender dimensions of New Labour's international development policyIntroduction; Contextualising the policy issue: the Department for International Development; What New Labour did: the 2000 Target Strategy Paper; What happened: evaluating the success of gender mainstreaming within the Department for International Development; An assessment of outcomes: mainstreaming the development agenda 2004/05 - any room for gender?; Conclusion; 12. New Labour: towards an engendered politics and policy?; New Labour: acting for women, taking on women's concerns, making a difference to women's lives?
From feminising to engendering politics
New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Labour Party (Great Britain)