Women, Politics and Constitutional Change - The First Years of the National Assembly for Wales

Klappentext Female activists around the globe have long used the political opportunities afforded by constitutional reform to further gender equality and women's participation in politics. This timely and accessible volume addresses the way in which changes introduced by devolved governance in Wales have transformed the role of women in contemporary Welsh politics and presented a new phase in the history of Welsh women's activism. Based on original interviews with participants as well as a range of secondary sources! "Women! Politics! and Constitutional Change" examines the innovations! background! and effects that have led the new Welsh legislature to the second-highest proportion of women representatives in all of Europe! and the pro-devolution rhetoric of "inclusiveness" that opened the way. Zusammenfassung Provides an account of the way changes introduced by devolved governance are transforming the role of women in contemporary Welsh politics. This work is based on interviews with participants and other sources! and uses research in Scotland and Northern Ireland to place the events reported on within the context of devolution in the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Chaney, Paul/ Mackay Chaney, Chaney Paul, Fiona Mackay, Mackay Fiona, Laura McAllister, McAllister Laura
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.08.2007
• EAN: 9780708318959
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-1895-9
• No. of pages: 253
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Politics and Society in Wales; Politics and Society in Wales
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Wales, first, Women, Change, Politics, National, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, of, Politics & government, Politics and government, Years, Gender studies: women, for, Gender studies: women and girls, Constitutional, Assembly