State Feminism, Women's Movements, and Job Training: Making Democracies Work in the Global Economy (Women and Politics in Democratic States)

Drawing from the work of internationally renowned scholars from the Research Network on Gender, Politics and the State (RNGS), this study offers in-depth analysis of the relationship between state feminism, women's movements and public policy and places them within a comparative theoretical framework. Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Canada, and the U.S. are all discussed individually. Gender Politics In The European Union : The Context For Job Training / Catherine Hoskyns -- Women's Strategies And The Family-employment Relationship In Spain / Constanza Tobío -- A Women-friendly Employment Administration Pursues Symbolic Policies In Austria / Birgit Buchinger And Sieglinde Katharina Rosenberger -- Caught Between Access And Activism In The Multilevel European Union Labyrinth / Katie Verlin Laatikainen -- A Closed Subsystem And Distant Feminist Demands Block Women-friendly Outcomes In Spain / Celia Valiente -- Limited Women's Policy Agency Influence Produces Limited Results In Italy / Marila Guadagnini -- Republican Universalism Resists State Feminist Approaches To Gendered Equality In France / Amy G. Mazur -- A Shifting Policy Environment Divides The Impact Of State Feminism In Finland / Anne Maria Holli -- Femocrats Work With Feminists And The Eu Against Gender Bias In Ireland / Anne Good -- Something More Is Necessary : The Mixed Achievements Of Women's Policy Agencies In Canada / Kathy Teghtsoonian And Joan Grace -- Federal And State Women's Policy Agencies Help To Represent Women In The United States / Dorothy Mcbride Stetson. Edited By Amy G. Mazur. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 333-361) And Index. Each of the 15 scholars who participated in the creation of this study offers an in-depth analysis of the relationship between women, women's offices in the public policy arena and the realities of work and working in a global economy HOW DO CITIZENS MAKE STABLE DEMOCRACIES MORE REPRESENTATIVE and democratic in the context of pressure to compete in the emerging global economy? First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company