Women and Public Policies
Reassessing Gender Politics
Joyce Gelb and Marian Lief Palley
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Women and Public Policies, praised by Janet Boles as "the first attempt to deal with several women's policies in a systematic manner within a common framework," analyzes how the women's movement of the 1970s influenced federal policy. The authors treat four issues- credit, education, pregnancy disability, and abortion rights- as case studies, measuring the successes and failures of the women's movement in these representative policy areas.
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Joyce Gelb is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society, Graduate Center, CUNY. Marian Lief Palley is Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware.
List of Tables
Prologue
List of Abbreviations
1. Feminism and the American Political System
2. Feminist Mobilization
3. The Group Actors: Resources and Strategies
4. Women and Credit Discrimination
5. Title IX: The Politics of Sex Discrimination
6. Women Divided among Themselves: "The Right to Life" versus "Free Choice"
7. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Coalition Politics
8. Issues of Economic Equity
9. The Feminist Movement: The Past and Likely Future
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Interviews
Appendix 2. Questionnaire for Groups and Individuals
Index
Prologue
List of Abbreviations
1. Feminism and the American Political System
2. Feminist Mobilization
3. The Group Actors: Resources and Strategies
4. Women and Credit Discrimination
5. Title IX: The Politics of Sex Discrimination
6. Women Divided among Themselves: "The Right to Life" versus "Free Choice"
7. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Coalition Politics
8. Issues of Economic Equity
9. The Feminist Movement: The Past and Likely Future
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Interviews
Appendix 2. Questionnaire for Groups and Individuals
Index
