Politics as if Women Mattered : A Political Analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women /

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The book documents NAC's evolution as a 'parliament of women.' It shows how the organization moved from a fairly narrow status-of-women focus in its policies to a broadly conceived policy framework that linked such apparently sex-neutral issues as free trade, federalism, and taxation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vickers, Jill, 1942-
Other Authors: Appelle, Christine, Rankin, Pauline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
National Action Committee on the Status of Women.
Comite canadien d'action sur le statut de la femme.
Frau.
Emancipatiebewegingen.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Vrouwen.
Frau
Soziale Situation
Frauenemanzipation
Women's rights.
Women > Social conditions.
Feminism.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Femmes > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Droits > Canada.
Feminisme > Canada.
Feminism > Canada.
Women > Canada > Social conditions.
Women's rights > Canada.
Kanada
Canada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Intellectual and Political Context for the Development of NAC
  • 2. NAC in the Shadow of the Royal Commission: The Founding Era, 1972-1978
  • 3. The Struggle for NAC: The Transitional Era, 1979-1982
  • 4. A New Parliament of Women: Institutionalizing NAC, 1982-1988
  • 5. Agency, Leadership, Representation, and Democracy in NAC
  • 6. The Policy Process: Structures for a New Parliament of Women
  • 7. Feminist Ideology and Policy Making in NAC
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A. Ideological Forces among Anglophone NAC Delegates, 1984 AGM
  • Appendix B. Groups Affiliated with NAC by Type, circa 1987-1988

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