Women and Contemporary Scottish Politics : : An Anthology /

Women and Contemporary Scottish Politics : : An Anthology / / Esther Breitenbach, Fiona Mackay.

Women have an unprecedented voice and place in the politics of the new Scotland. It has joined world leaders such as Sweden and Norway in terms of gender balance with women taking 37% of the seats in the new Scottish Parliament. 'Ordinary' women also have a greater say in the governance of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
Breitenbach, Esther,
Mackay, Fiona,
MitwirkendeR:
Alexander, Morag,
Bell, Patricia,
Breitenbach, Esther,
Brown, Alice,
Christianson, Aileen,
Cosgrove, Katie,
Cuthbert, Jean,
Forman, Janette,
Galloway, Kathy,
Greenan, Lily,
Hills, Leslie,
Innes, Sue,
Irving, Lesley,
Kelly, Ellen,
Levy, Catriona,
Lindsay, Isobel,
Mackay, Fiona,
Macleod, Jan,
McDonald, Ronnie,
Nairn, Tom,
Robertson, Judith,
Shelton, Anita,
Sutherland, Lesley,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2001
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Forewords
  • Introduction: Women and Contemporary Scottish Politics
  • Section I The Women s Movement in Scotland
  • Chapter 1 Why Engender?
  • Chapter 2 Bridging the Gap: Feminist Development Work in Glasgow
  • Chapter 3 A Liberating Event for Scottish Women
  • Chapter 4 Black Women’s Agency in Scotland: A View on Networking Patterns
  • Chapter 5 Women s Aid in Scotland: Purity versus Pragmatism?
  • Chapter 6 Rape Crisis Movement in Scotland, 1977-2000
  • Chapter 7 The Women’s Movement in Scotland in the 1990s
  • Section II Keeping Gender on the Agenda: Feminist Politics and Local Government
  • Chapter 8 The Future of Women in Scottish Local Government
  • Chapter 9 The Case of Zero Tolerance: Women’s Politics in Action?
  • Chapter 10 No Man has the Right
  • Chapter 11 Keeping Gender on the Agenda - The Role of Women’s and Equal Opportunities Initiatives in Local Government in Scotland
  • Section III Women and the Campaign for the Scottish Parliament
  • Chapter 12 A Woman's Claim of Right in Scotland
  • Chapter 13 Constitutional Change and the Gender Deficit
  • Chapter 14 A Woman’s Place? The Future Scottish Parliament
  • Chapter 15 Gender Goes Top of the Agenda
  • Chapter 16 Women and Politics in Scotland
  • Chapter 17 Deepening Democracy: Women and the Scottish Parliament
  • Chapter 18 Networking for Equality and a Scottish Parliament: the Womens Co-ordination Group and Organisational Alliances
  • Chapter 19 Taking their Place in the New House: Women and the Scottish Parliament
  • Chapter 20 ‘Quietly Thrilling’: Women in the New Parliament
  • Biographies
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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