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This comprehensive collection brings together key academics, activists and practitioners to review the changing politics of the 'project' of gender equality. It gives account of the evolution of gender equality policies and practice at different levels of governance in Britain over the past three decades. Thinking and work around equal opportunities have been fundamentally shaped by changing political conditions. The contributors review past policies and practices before moving on to explore the opportunities and challenges for the future.
List of contents
Acknowledgements List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Introduction: The Changing Politics of Gender Equality; E.Breitenbach, A.Brown, F.Mackay & J.Webb The Political Meanings of the Equal Opportunities Project; I.Forbes The Politics of 'Mainstreaming' Gender Equality; T.Rees Divide and be Ruled? Multiple Discrimination and the Concept of Social Exclusion; B.Bagilhole Equality, Opportunity and Difference: The Limits of the Diversity Paradigm; D.Mason Managerialism, Modernization and Marginalization: Equal Opportunities and Institutional Change; J.Newman Gender Politics in the 'New' NHS; A.Coyle Categories of Exclusion: 'Race', Gender and the Micro-social in Social Services Departments; G.Lewis Women and Local Government: Dialogue, Deliberation and Diversity; M.Scott Life After the GLC: Local Government and the Equalities Agenda in England; M.Wright Equalities Work: The Implications of 'Best Value' Requirements; E.Kelly Notes Bibliography Index
About the author
BARBARA BAGILHOLE Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Loughborough
ANGELA COYLE Professor of Sociology, City University
IAN FORBES Professor and Head, School of Politics, University of Nottingham
ELLEN KELLY Equalities Manager, City of Edinburgh Council
GAIL LEWIS Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Open University
DAVID MASON Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean for Research and Head of the Graduate School, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Plymouth
JANET NEWMAN Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Birmingham
TERESA REES Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff and Equal Opportunities Commissioner for Wales
MARION SCOTT Women's Equalities Unit, London Borough of Islington, 1988-1997
MANDY WRIGHT Assistant Director, Employment Advice and Equalities, Employer's Organization for Local Government
Summary
This comprehensive collection brings together key academics, activists and practitioners to review the changing politics of the 'project' of gender equality. It gives account of the evolution of gender equality policies and practice at different levels of governance in Britain over the past three decades. Thinking and work around equal opportunities have been fundamentally shaped by changing political conditions. The contributors review past policies and practices before moving on to explore the opportunities and challenges for the future.
