Women Making Constitutions - New Politics and Comparative Perspectives

Informationen zum Autor CATHI ALBERTYN Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaAMY BARTHOLOMEW Associate Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University, CanadaALICE BROWN Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, UKPAUL CHANEY Research Associate, Cardiff Univesrity, UKANNE MARIE GOETZ Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKJOYCE GREEN Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Regina, CanadaCYNTHIA HARRISON Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies, The George Washington University, USACOLIN HARVEY Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, University of Leeds, UKBRONAGH HINDS Senior Fellow, Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queens University Belfast, UKFIONA MACKAY Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh, UKSUSAN MILLNS Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Kent, UKRONALDA MURPHY Dalhousie University, CanadaFIONA MYERS Researcher, UKMEG RUSSELL Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University College London, UKJUDITH SQUIRES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Bristol University, UK Klappentext This volume 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. 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. Zusammenfassung This volume 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. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...

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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

Product details

• Authors: V. Dobrowolsky Hart
• Assisted by: Dobrowolsky (Editor), A Dobrowolsky (Editor), A. Dobrowolsky (Editor), Hart (Editor), Hart (Editor), V. Hart (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349508860
• ISBN: 978-1-349-50886-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education