Women and citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century : what difference did the vote make? /

The continuing under-representation of women in political and public life remains a matter of concern across a wide range of countries, including the UK and Ireland. A collection of scholars explore key questions in the development of women's rights in Britain and Ireland.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thane, Pat (Editor ), Breitenbach, Esther (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2010.
Temas:
1900-1999
Citizenship > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women's rights > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Femmes > Droits > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Droits > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Citizenship
Women's rights
Great Britain
Ireland
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Esther Breitenbach and Pat Thane
  • Women and political participation in England, 1918-1970 / Pat Thane
  • 'Providing an opportunity to exercise their energies': the role of the labour women's sections in shaping political identities, South Wales, 1918-1939 / Lowri Newman
  • Count up to twenty-one: Scottish women in formal politics, 1918-1990 / Catriona Burness
  • Scottish women's organizations and the exercise of citizenship c. 1900-c. 1970 / Esther Breitenbach
  • The 'women element in politics': Irish women and the vote, 1918-2008 / Mary E. Daly
  • 'Aphrodite rising from the waves'? Women's voluntary activism and the women's movement in twentieth-century Ireland / Lindsey Earner-Byrne
  • Conflicting rights: the struggle for female citizenship in Northern Ireland / Myrtle Hill and Margaret Ward
  • 'Apathetic, parochial, conservative'? Women, élite and mass politics from 1979 to 2009 / Rosie Campbell and Sarah Childs
  • Feminist politics in Scotland from the 1970s to 2000s: engaging with the changing state / Esther Breitenbach and Fiona Mackay
  • Women and political representation in post-devolution in Wales / Paul Chaney
  • The refuge movement and domestic violence policies in Wales / Nickie Charles.

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