Gender and policy in France

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Public policy......Page 13
Policy-making: global context and influences......Page 14
Policy-making and politics in France......Page 17
Gender and policy......Page 18
Gender equality policy and mainstreaming......Page 21
Gender and policy in France......Page 22
What does the book do?......Page 24
Why a single-country study?......Page 27
Limitations......Page 28
1 Women, Employment and Gender Equality Policy......Page 29
Women in paid work......Page 30
Equal employment policy: development and institutional architecture......Page 34
Equal employment policy: the Roudy Law of 1983......Page 52
Equal employment policy: the 2006 Ameline Law......Page 58
\'Gender-neutral\' employment policy and its impact on women......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 67
Gender and political representation in history......Page 71
Parity debates and legislation......Page 75
Women\'s representation in legislative bodies......Page 81
The feminisation of elected assemblies: the rise of new inequalities?......Page 83
Parity and the completion of \'(post-)liberal\' democracy......Page 87
The effect of women\'s political participation and representation on political corruption......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 91
Historical context......Page 93
The international context......Page 100
The Aubry bill 2000......Page 104
Framing abortion in the parliamentary debates (2000–2001)......Page 107
The 2001 law on contraception and abortion......Page 111
The implementation of the 2001 law......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 113
Prostitution debates prior to 1997......Page 116
Prostitution debates 1997–2002......Page 118
The Domestic Security Bill......Page 124
Criminalisation of soliciting......Page 125
Constructing prostitutes in policy debates......Page 127
The client......Page 130
Impact......Page 133
Conclusion......Page 137
Historical context......Page 139
The national context......Page 152
The Domestic Violence Act (4 April 2006)......Page 154
Implementation......Page 157
The presentation of domestic violence in policy debates......Page 159
Conclusion......Page 161
6 The Islamic Headscarf (hijab)......Page 163
Historical background: religion, laïcité and education......Page 166
Headscarf affairs in the new millennium......Page 169
Actors and arguments in the debates over the headscarf ban and the 2004 law......Page 172
The making of the 2004 law......Page 185
Reactions to the law and its implementation......Page 190
Conclusion......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 195
Equality and difference......Page 196
The international, regional, national and local......Page 198
Feminist activism and opportunities or constraints on influencing policy......Page 199
Gender and policy: the future......Page 200
Bibliography......Page 202
B......Page 224
C......Page 225
D......Page 226
E......Page 227
G......Page 228
H......Page 229
L......Page 230
M......Page 231
P......Page 232
S......Page 234
U......Page 235
Z......Page 236