Gender and Policy in France (French Politics, Society and Culture)

"Taking as a premise that all public policies are gendered, Allwood and Wadia consider selected policy issues which illustrate certain aspects of the relationship between feminism, gender and policy; a relationship which is increasingly recognized as complex, dynamic and variable"--Provided by publisher. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Public policy......Page 13 Policy-making: global context and influences......Page 14 Policy-making and politics in France......Page 17 Gender and policy......Page 18 Gender equality policy and mainstreaming......Page 21 Gender and policy in France......Page 22 What does the book do?......Page 24 Why a single-country study?......Page 27 Limitations......Page 28 1 Women, Employment and Gender Equality Policy......Page 29 Women in paid work......Page 30 Equal employment policy: development and institutional architecture......Page 34 Equal employment policy: the Roudy Law of 1983......Page 52 Equal employment policy: the 2006 Ameline Law......Page 58 'Gender-neutral' employment policy and its impact on women......Page 62 Conclusion......Page 67 Gender and political representation in history......Page 71 Parity debates and legislation......Page 75 Women's representation in legislative bodies......Page 81 The feminisation of elected assemblies: the rise of new inequalities?......Page 83 Parity and the completion of '(post-)liberal' democracy......Page 87 The effect of women's political participation and representation on political corruption......Page 89 Conclusion......Page 91 Historical context......Page 93 The international context......Page 100 The Aubry bill 2000......Page 104 Framing abortion in the parliamentary debates (2000–2001)......Page 107 The 2001 law on contraception and abortion......Page 111 The implementation of the 2001 law......Page 112 Conclusion......Page 113 Prostitution debates prior to 1997......Page 116 Prostitution debates 1997–2002......Page 118 The Domestic Security Bill......Page 124 Criminalisation of soliciting......Page 125 Constructing prostitutes in policy debates......Page 127 The client......Page 130 Impact......Page 133 Conclusion......Page 137 Historical context......Page 139 The national context......Page 152 The Domestic Violence Act (4 April 2006)......Page 154 Implementation......Page 157 The presentation of domestic violence in policy debates......Page 159 Conclusion......Page 161 6 The Islamic Headscarf (hijab)......Page 163 Historical background: religion, laïcité and education......Page 166 Headscarf affairs in the new millennium......Page 169 Actors and arguments in the debates over the headscarf ban and the 2004 law......Page 172 The making of the 2004 law......Page 185 Reactions to the law and its implementation......Page 190 Conclusion......Page 192 Conclusion......Page 195 Equality and difference......Page 196 The international, regional, national and local......Page 198 Feminist activism and opportunities or constraints on influencing policy......Page 199 Gender and policy: the future......Page 200 Bibliography......Page 202 B......Page 224 C......Page 225 D......Page 226 E......Page 227 G......Page 228 H......Page 229 L......Page 230 M......Page 231 P......Page 232 S......Page 234 U......Page 235 Z......Page 236 Machine generated contents note: PART 1: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER AND POLICY * Introduction * Major International Influences on Policy Formation * PART 2: POLICY ISSUES * Employment * Parity * Domestic Violence * Prostitution * Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf * Conclusion PART 1: CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER AND POLICY * Introduction * Major International Influences on Policy Formation * PART 2: POLICY ISSUES * Employment * Parity * Domestic Violence * Prostitution * Secularism and the Islamic Headscarf * Conclusion. Combining fresh, critical insights from a feminist and anti-racist perspective, this is an excellent synthesis of some of the most important issues on the French public policy agenda. It provides detailed analysis and broad contextualization of debates on employment, parity, domestic violence, abortion, prostitution, and Islamic headscarves.