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The changing politics of gender equality in Britain /

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The changing politics of gender equality in Britain /

[Book]

edited by Esther Breitenbach [and others].

New York :

Palgrave,

2002.

xiii, 223 pages ;

22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The political meanings of the Equal Opportunities Project / Ian Forbes -- The politics of 'mainstreaming' gender equality / Teresa Rees -- Divide and be ruled? Multiple discrimination and the concept of social exclusion / Barbara Bagilhole -- Equality, opportunity and difference : the limits of the diversity paradigm / David Mason -- Managerialsim, modernisation and marginalisation : equal opportunities and institutional change / Janet Newman -- Gender politics in the 'new' NHS / Angela Coyle -- Categories of exclusion : 'race', gender and the micro-social in social services departments / Gail Lewis -- Women and local government -- dialogue, deliberation and diversity / Marion Scott -- Life after the GLC : local government and the equalities agenda in England / Mandy Wright -- Equalities work : the implications of 'best value' requirements / Ellen Kelly.

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"This comprehensive collection brings together key academics, activists and practitioners to review the changing politics of the 'project' of gender equality. It gives an account of the evolution of gender equality policies and practice at different levels of governance in Britain over the past three decades. Thinking and working around equal opportunities have been fundamentally shaped by changing political conditions. Written during the period of the Labour government of 1997-2001 - itself a time of social and constitutional change - the contributors provide both a rich and stimulating account of the recent past and the fluid present, and offer a provocative set of predictions and prescriptions about the future. The collection first discusses equal opportunities within a national or supra-national context. It next examines the dynamics of resistance and change in public sector organizations before moving on to offer practitioner insight and experience of gender equality politics and practice in local government. The book argues that complex understandings of equality need to be taken into the political arena in such a way that they can be better understood and equality more fully realized." -- Publisher description.

Equality-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Sex discrimination against women-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Women-- Government policy-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Women's rights-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.

Discrimination sexuelle-- Grande-Bretagne.

Egalité des sexes-- Grande-Bretagne.

Equality.

Femmes-- Droits-- Grande-Bretagne.

Femmes-- Politique publique-- Grande-Bretagne.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women-- Government policy.

Women's rights.

Great Britain.

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