Women, Policy and Politics - The Construction of Policy Problems

Informationen zum Autor Carol Lee Bacchi is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide. Her publications include The Politics of Affirmative Action: 'Women', Equality and Category Politics (Sage, 1996), and Same Difference: Feminism and Sexual Difference (Allen & Unwin, 1990) Klappentext This is a profoundly thoughtful book that challenges accepted ways of approaching policy issues. It brings a refreshingly new perspective to some of the key areas that have exercised feminists for several decades' -Jeanne Gregory, Middlesex UniversityThis book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies. Drawing on recent perspectives from social constructionism, discourse analysis, the sociology of social problems and feminism, Carol Bacchi develops a step-by-step analytical tool for deconstructing policy problems. Zusammenfassung Women! Policy and Politics Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Taking Problems Apart PART ONE: WHAT¿S THE PROBLEM? AN APPROACH TO POLICY Preamble Policy Studies Traditional Approaches Rethinking Policy Studies Rethinking `Social Problems¿ PART TWO: THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN¿S INEQUALITY Preamble Pay Equity On Whose Terms? Discrimination Who Is Responsible? Education Policy Access or Transformation? Child Care Policy Who Gains? Abortion Whose Right? Domestic Violence Battered Women or Violent Men? Sexual Harassment What Is Sexual about It? Conclusion The Politics of Policy Studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carol Lee Bacchi, Bacchi Carol Lee
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.06.1999
• EAN: 9780761956747
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5674-7
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, Social welfare and social services, Gender studies, gender groups, Social and ethical issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Women′s Studies;Gender & Social Policy