Gender and Social Justice in Wales - Couverture souple

Livre 10 sur 12: Gender Studies in Wales
 
9780708322680: Gender and Social Justice in Wales
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0708322689 ISBN 13 : 9780708322680
Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book assesses how policies developed by the National Assembly for Wales are affecting gender inequalities and investigates whether they are having an impact on social justice for women in Wales. In 1999 the first elections to devolved governments took place in Scotland and Wales. In Wales this resulted in 40% of Assembly Members being women. In 2003 this proportion increased to 50% which makes the National Assembly for Wales 'the first legislative body with equal numbers of men and women in the world (The Guardian, 3/5/03). This new gender balance of political representatives is a significant change in the gendering of political institutions and this, together with the creation of a new tier of government, has the potential to create new opportunities for the development of social policies which address gender and other social inequalities. Focussing on distinct policy domains, this book explores gender politics in a devolved Wales. Each chapter investigates a particular aspect of social policy, exploring the way it has developed since devolution and the extent to which considerations of gender and social justice for women are central to this development. The empirical chapters which form the core of the book are situated theoretically and politically by the first chapter which discusses how gender and social justice can be theorised and explores devolution and its relation to gender politics in Wales.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor Nickie Charles is Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick. Dr Charlotte Aull Davies is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology, University of Swansea.

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Éditeur
University of Wales Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0708322689
ISBN 13 
9780708322680
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Éditeur
Charles Nickie, Davies Charlotte Aull
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Personne responsable
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