Women and Public Policies

by Gelb, Joyce; Palley, Marian Lief

• ISBN13: 9780813916958
• ISBN10: 081391695X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Marian Lief Palley is Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Prologue
List of Abbreviations
Feminism and the American Political System	p. 1
Feminist Mobilization	p. 12
The Group Actors: Resources and Strategies	p. 35
Women and Credit Discrimination	p. 61
Title IX: The Politics of Sex Discrimination	p. 93
Women Divided among Themselves: "The Right to Life" versus "Free Choice"	p. 129
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act and Coalition Politics	p. 162
Issues of Economic Equity	p. 175
The Feminist Movement: The Past and Likely Future	p. 199
Epilogue	p. 219
App. 1 Interviews	p. 243
App. 2 Questionnaire for Groups and Individuals	p. 249
Index	p. 251
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