Women and Party Politics in Western Europe
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 200-202
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In: PS: political science & politics, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 200-202
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 50, Heft 4: Britain votes 1997, S. 708-719
ISSN: 0031-2290
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In: PS: political science & politics, Band 30, S. 200-202
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
Examines the circumstances under which party strategies to promote women are established, 1980s; West Germany and Great Britain, chiefly.
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 50, Heft 4, S. 708-719
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: PS: political science & politics, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 200-201
ISSN: 0030-8269, 1049-0965
In: Developments in West European Politics, S. 281-299
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 49, Heft 1, S. 1-16
ISSN: 0031-2290
World Affairs Online
Party politics in GB has impeded networking across government agencies to promote women's policies, so only two state agencies devoted to this topic exist. The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) opened its doors in 1975 to enforce & develop equality legislation, following passage of the Sex Discrimination Act. Women's interests are also addressed by the small advisory agency, the Women's National Commission. The origins, organizational structure, activities, & influence of the EOC 1975-present are described. After years of ambivalence, the EOC changed course in 1988 to mainstream sex equality policy, but inequalities in pay scales, occupations, child care provision, & welfare continue. The EOC had some early failures, & has excluded certain feminist organization policy making, so there is pressure for the establishment of a Ministry of Women apart from the EOC. M. Pflum
In: Renewal: politics, movements, ideas ; a journal of social democracy, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 9-18
ISSN: 0968-252X
In: Political studies, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 319-320
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: Political studies, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 319-320
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: International affairs, Band 68, Heft 3, S. 513-513
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 253-256
ISSN: 1477-7053
In: Public administration: an international journal, Band 67, Heft 1, S. 7-18
ISSN: 1467-9299
Although it is over ten years since major legislation was enacted, equal opportunities remains a controversial issue in Britain. This has affected its implementation in a variety of ways. The article reviews arguments over the meaning of equal opportunities policy, its meaning in the British case and the way it is affected by the British conception of rights. Consideration is given to the experience of implementation by the relevant administrative agencies and local authorities. Particular attention is paid to the area of training. A concluding discussion suggests that market forces may provide the impetus for new developments in the implementation of British equality policy.
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 67, Heft 1, S. 7
ISSN: 0033-3298