Gender bias and the state
Subtitle: symbolic reform at work in Fifth Republic France
By: Amy G. Mazur.
Series: Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Sex discrimination in employment -- France.; Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- France.; Sex discrimination in employment -- United States.; Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Sex discrimination in employment -- Great Britain.; Sex discrimination in employment -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Description: This is the first systematic study of French policy regarding equal employment policy for women. Mazur asks why policy makers choose to make symbolic reforms and examines five legislative proposals, three of which resulted in legislation: the 1972 Equal Pay Law, the 1975 Equal Treatment Law, and the 1983 Egalite Professionelle Law. These five case studies reveal the continuity over three decades of "symbolic" reform, reform that does not solve the problem it was designed to address.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-306) and index.