Women, Politics and Constitutional Change provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries including Canada, the United States and South Africa. Women's constitutional reform interventions raise numerous issues from the discussion of reforms to institutional politics and the restructuring of new Assemblies and Parliaments to the relevance of the non-institutional political: the role of civil society, social movements and coalitions. Through theoretical engagement and practical experiences, the contributors develop crucial arguments on the nature and effect of constitutional change, equality, women's rights and representation. This shows how women, through their words and deeds, have challenged and shaped the nature and forms of constitutionalism.
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction; A.Dobrowolsky & V.Hart
Constitutional Rights Discourse: Canadian and South African Developments; R.Murphy
Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada; J.Green
Gender and Accountability; A.M.Goetz
Women in Elected Office in the UK 1992-2002: Struggles, Achievements and Possible Sea-Change; M.Russell
Towards a New Politics? Women and Constitutional Change in Scotland; F.Mackay, F.Myers & A.Brown
Towards Substantive Representation: Women and Politics in South Africa; C.Albertyn
Redesigning the Polity: Europe, Women and Constitutional Politics; V.Hart
The Politics of Human Rights and Gender Equality in Northern Ireland; C.Harvey
Women's Rights After the Human Rights Act 1998; S.Millns
'Heightened Scrutiny': A Judicial Route to Constitutional Equality for US Women; C.Harrison
Increased Rights and Representation: Women and the Post-Devolution Equality Agenda in Wales; P.Chaney
Mainstreaming Equality in Northern Ireland; B.Hinds
Reviewing the UK Equality Agenda in the Context of Constitutional Change; J.Squires
Group-Differentiated Cultural Rights, Constitutionalism and Feminism; A.Bartholomew
Women, Constitutionalism and Contestation: Some Tentative Conclusions; A.Dobrowolsky
References
ALEXANDRA DOBROWOLSKY is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Mary's University, Canada. She is the author of The Politics of Pragmatism: Women, Representation and Constitutional Change in Canada (2000). She has also written on women's constitutional activism in the United Kingdom and has published work on mobilization, democracy and citizenship. Her current research and writing deals with social policy and changing citizenship regimes in Canada and Britain.
VIVIEN HART is Professor of American Studies at the University of Sussex, UK and a recent Senior Research Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. She has written on gender politics and on constitutionalism and her publications include Writing a National Identity: Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives on the Written Constitution (co-editor with Shannon C. Stimson, 1993), Bound by our Constitution: Women, Workers and the Minimum Wage (1994) and the forthcoming Making Constitutions, Seeking Peace.
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Women, Politics and Constitutional Change provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries including Canada, the United States and South Africa. Women's constitutional reform interventions raise numerous issues from the discussion of reforms to institutional politics and the restructuring of new Assemblies and Parliaments to the relevance of the non-institutional political: the role of civil society, social movements and coalitions. Through theoretical engagement and practical experiences, the contributors develop crucial arguments on the nature and effect of constitutional change, equality, women's rights and representation. This shows how women, through their words and deeds, have challenged and shaped the nature and forms of constitutionalism.
Contents
Notes on the Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction; A.Dobrowolsky & V.Hart
Constitutional Rights Discourse: Canadian and South African Developments; R.Murphy
Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada; J.Green
Gender and Accountability; A.M.Goetz
Women in Elected Office in the UK 1992-2002: Struggles, Achievements and Possible Sea-Change; M.Russell
Towards a New Politics? Women and Constitutional Change in Scotland; F.Mackay, F.Myers & A.Brown
Towards Substantive Representation: Women and Politics in South Africa; C.Albertyn
Redesigning the Polity: Europe, Women and Constitutional Politics; V.Hart
The Politics of Human Rights and Gender Equality in Northern Ireland; C.Harvey
Women's Rights After the Human Rights Act 1998; S.Millns
'Heightened Scrutiny': A Judicial Route to Constitutional Equality for US Women; C.Harrison
Increased Rights and Representation: Women and the Post-Devolution Equality Agenda in Wales; P.Chaney
Mainstreaming Equality in Northern Ireland; B.Hinds
Reviewing the UK Equality Agenda in the Context of Constitutional Change; J.Squires
Group-Differentiated Cultural Rights, Constitutionalism and Feminism; A.Bartholomew
Women, Constitutionalism and Contestation: Some Tentative Conclusions; A.Dobrowolsky
References
Authors
ALEXANDRA DOBROWOLSKY is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Mary's University, Canada. She is the author of The Politics of Pragmatism: Women, Representation and Constitutional Change in Canada (2000). She has also written on women's constitutional activism in the United Kingdom and has published work on mobilization, democracy and citizenship. Her current research and writing deals with social policy and changing citizenship regimes in Canada and Britain.
VIVIEN HART is Professor of American Studies at the University of Sussex, UK and a recent Senior Research Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington D.C. She has written on gender politics and on constitutionalism and her publications include Writing a National Identity: Political, Economic and Cultural Perspectives on the Written Constitution (co-editor with Shannon C. Stimson, 1993), Bound by our Constitution: Women, Workers and the Minimum Wage (1994) and the forthcoming Making Constitutions, Seeking Peace.
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