Politics as if Women Mattered : A Political Analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women / Jill Vickers, Pauline Rankin, Christine Appelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Jill, Author.

Appelle, Christine, Author.

Rankin, Pauline, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Action Committee on the Status of Women.

Women's rights--Canada.

Women's rights.

Women--Canada--Social conditions.

Women.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book documents NAC's evolution as a 'parliament of women.' It shows how the organization moved from a fairly narrow status-of-women focus in its policies to a broadly conceived policy framework that linked such apparently sex-neutral issues as free trade, federalism, and taxation to feminism.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The Intellectual and Political Context for the Development of NAC

2. NAC in the Shadow of the Royal Commission: The Founding Era, 1972-1978

3. The Struggle for NAC: The Transitional Era, 1979-1982

4. A New Parliament of Women: Institutionalizing NAC, 1982-1988

5. Agency, Leadership, Representation, and Democracy in NAC

6. The Policy Process: Structures for a New Parliament of Women

7. Feminist Ideology and Policy Making in NAC

8. Conclusion

Afterword

Appendix A. Ideological Forces among Anglophone NAC Delegates, 1984 AGM

Appendix B. Groups Affiliated with NAC by Type, circa 1987-1988

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7407-X

OCLC:

1129181910