Gender and social justice in Wales / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charles, Nickie, editor.

Davies, Charlotte Aull, editor.

Ball, Wendy, contributor.

Series:

Gender studies in Wales.

Gender Studies in Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social justice--Wales.

Social justice.

Women--Government policy--Wales.

Women.

Women's rights--Wales.

Women's rights.

Wales--Social policy.

Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Focusing on distinct policy domains, this book explores gender politics in a devolved Wales.

Contents:

Tables and Figures; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Setting the Scene: Devolution, Gender Politics and Social Justice; Delivery or Déjà Vu? Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policy in Post-devolution Wales; Gender and Political Representation: Views from the Grass Roots; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Agenda for Wales?; Developing a Domestic Abuse Strategy; Mainstreaming Across the Equality Dimensions:Policy on Sexual Orientation in Wales; Making the World New? Education in Post-devolution Wales; Gendered Housing Policy: Women, Housing and Homelessness

The Material Resources of Older Women in Wales and Welsh Assembly Government Policy Responses Devolution and Welsh Language Policy: A Gender Dimension?; The Future; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20077-X

0-7083-2269-7

OCLC:

689996687