基本説明
Focuses on three case study areas of mainstream policy (economic policy, foreign policy and welfare policy) from a gendered perspective.
Full Description
Although there is a growing body of international literature on the feminisation of politics and the policy process and, as New Labour's term of office progresses, a rapidly growing series of texts around New Labour's politics and policies, until now no one text has conducted an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective, despite the fact that New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters. This book fills that gap in an interesting and timely way. "Women and New Labour" will be a valuable addition to both feminist and mainstream scholarship in the social sciences, particularly in political science, social policy and economics. Instead of focusing on traditionally feminist areas of politics and policy (such as violent crime against women) the authors opt to focus on three case study areas of mainstream policy (economic policy, foreign policy and welfare policy) from a gendered perspective. The analytical framework provided by the editors yields generalisable insights that will outlast New Labour's third term.
Contents
Part oneNew Labour ‾ Claire Annesley and Francesca Gains; Part two: Engendering politics?: Theoretical underpinnings: women, gender, feminising and politics ‾ Angelia R. Wilson; Women and Nordic Labour parties ‾ Guro Buchanan and Claire Annesley; Framing claims for women: from 'Old' Labour to 'New' Labour ‾ Jill Lovecy; Engendering the machinery of governance ‾ Catherine Durose and Francesca Gains; Part three: Engendering policy?: Two steps forward, one step back: the gender dimensions of treasury policy under New Labour ‾ David Coates and Sarah Oettinger; New Labour policy and the gender pay gap ‾ Damian Grimshaw; New Labour, family policy and gender ‾ Karen Clarke; Caring, citizenship and New Labour: dilemmas and contradictions for disabled and older women ‾ Kirstein Rummery; New Labour and 'lesbian and gay friendly' policy ‾ Angelia R.Wilson; The gender dimensions of New Labour's international development policy ‾ Juanita Elias and Lucy Ferguson; Part four: Conclusions: New Labour: towards an engendered politics and policy? ‾ Kirstein Rummery, Francesca Gains and Claire Annesley.
