Gender and policy in France
By: Gill Allwood and Khursheed Wadia.
Contributors: Wadia, Khursheed.
Series: French politics, society and culture
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781403993311
Subjects: Women -- Government policy -- France; Women -- France -- Social conditions; Women -- France -- Politics and government
Description: "Taking as a premise that all public policies are gendered, Allwood and Wadia consider selected policy issues which illustrate certain aspects of the relationship between feminism, gender and policy; a relationship which is increasingly recognized as complex, dynamic and variable"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART 1: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER AND POLICY * Introduction * Major International Influences on Policy Formation * PART 2: POLICY ISSUES * Employment * Parity * Domestic Violence * Prostitution * Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf * Conclusion PART 1: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER AND POLICY * Introduction * Major International Influences on Policy Formation * PART 2: POLICY ISSUES * Employment * Parity * Domestic Violence * Prostitution * Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf * Conclusion.