Making women count : a history of the Women's Electoral Lobby /

"This is the first full-scale history of the Women's Electoral Lobby in Australia, which burst onto the scene of federal politics in 1972. It assesses WEL's significance as a policy actor and its attempts to shape public agenda, as well as the meaning of WEL for those involved and its...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sawer, Marian
Other Authors: Radford, Gail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sydney : UNSW Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Women's Electoral Lobby > History.
Women's Electoral Lobby
Women's rights > Australia > History.
Women > Australia > Social conditions.
Femmes > Droits > Australie > Histoire.
Femmes > Australie > Conditions sociales.
Women > Social conditions
Women's rights
Australia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of WEL
  • Shifting frames
  • Organisational dilemmas
  • Working the media
  • Making government women-friendly
  • Economic and social policy
  • New horizons
  • Part of a continuous women's movement?

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