Women and New Labour : engendering politics and policy?
New Labour have set themselves up to specifically address women's issues and attract women voters, but how successful have they been? This book offers an analysis of New Labour's politics and policies from a gendered perspective.
xvi, 261 p. ; 24 cm
9781861348272, 1861348274
954176635
Contents: Part A: Setting the context: New Labour and women: constraints and opportunities in feminising politics ~ Claire Annesley and Francesca Gains; Developments in feminist theory ~ Ursula Vogel and Angelia R Wilson; Women and Nordic Labour parties ~ Guro Bjoergum and Claire Annesley; Feminising policy and politics: from old to New Labour ~ Jill Lovecy; Engendering the machinery of governance ~ Francesca Gains and Catherine Durose; Part B: Case studies: Economy: The gender implications of New Labour's macro-economic policy ~ David Coates and Sarah Oettinger; New Labour policy and the gender pay gap ~ Damian Grimshaw; Foreign policy: Women and international development policy ~ Juanita Elias and Lucy Ferguson; New Labour's foreign and security policy: securitisation and gender ~ Natalie Bormann; Welfare: Parental responsibilities and gender roles ~ Karen Clarke; Labour pains: lesbian and gay citizens ~ Angie Wilson; Caring, citizenship and New Labour: dilemmas and contradictions for disabled and older women ~ Kirstein Rummery; Part C: Theory and policy analysis: Towards an engendered politics and policy? ~ Kirstein Rummery, Francesca Gains and Claire Annesley.