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Politics as if women mattered : a political analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women
- Title
- Politics as if women mattered : a political analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women / Jill Vickers, Pauline Rankin, and Christine Appelle.
- Author
- Vickers, Jill, 1942-
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HQ1236.5.C2 V53 1993 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvi, 347 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- National Action Committee on the Status of Women
- National Action Committee on the Status of Women
- Women's rights > Canada
- Women > Canada > Social conditions
- Feminism > Canada
- Feminism
- Women > Social conditions
- Women's rights
- Frauenemanzipation
- Soziale Situation
- Frau
- Vrouwen
- Vrouwendiscriminatie
- Emancipatiebewegingen
- Canada
- Kanada
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : NAC and women's politics in Quebec ; NAC and women's politics in the first nations ; NAC and the politics of the 'new force' ; NAC as the coordinating institution of the English-Canadian women's movement ; Highlights of NAC's development -- 1. The intellectual and political context for the development of NAC : An overview of women's movements and the National Action Committee ; Canadian political culture and Canadian women's movements ; Radical influences on feminist political culture ; NAC's political-opportunity structure: the Canadian political system -- 2. NAC in the shadow of the royal commission: the founding era, 1972-1978 : 'Social' movements and the political process ; The founding of NAC -- 3. The struggle for NAC: the transitional era, 1979-1982 : The issues in conflict: grafting on a radical grass roots ; Two coalitions competing for the future of NAC -- 4. A new Parliament of women: institutionalizing NAC, 1982-1988 : Getting NAC 'back on track' ; The great leap forward: the expansion examined ; Opposition on the right ; Organizational review -- 5. Agency, leadership, representation, and democracy in NAC : A revolution of rising expectations: NAC member groups ; Leadership and accountability: is anyone here in charge? ; Representation: the heart of the matter ; Process and democracy in NAC -- 6. The policy process: structures for a new Parliament of women : Changing conceptions of the policy process in NAC ; Evolving policy structures in NAC ; NAC's ability to deal with short-term policy issues ; NAC's approach to long-term policy issues -- 7. Feminist ideology and policy making in NAC : In search of a framework: understanding the ideological trends in NAC ; The development of a feminist ideological spectrum in NAC: some benchmark issues ; From a status-of-women approach to a feminist politics -- 8. Conclusion : What is success? ; Can NAC's role as a Parliament of women continue? ; Is radical liberalism outmoded as a cultural basis for NAC politics? ; Will NAC survive? -- Appendixes : A. Ideological forces among Anglophone NAC delegates, 984 AGM ; B. Groups affiliated with NAC by type, circa 1987-1988.
- ISBN
- 0802058507
- 9780802058508
- 0802067573
- 9780802067579
- LCCN
- 93184367
- OCLC
- ocm27384344
- 27384344
- SCSB-2027003
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library