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Engendering Policy and Politics
International and comparative challenges and perspectives
An international, interdisciplinary conferences hosted by the Gender Research Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Chancellor's Conference Centre, 21-22 June 2007, supported by the Social Policy Association and Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence
Keynote speakers include:
. Professor Drude Dahlerup, Stockholm . Professor Gillian Pascall, Nottingham
. Professor Joni Lovenduski, Birkbeck . Dr Katherine Rake, Fawcett Society
. Professor Jane Lewis, LSE . Professor Diane Sainsbury, Stockholm
Call for Papers
Aims and Objectives
This interdisciplinary conference will address key debates around the theme of engendering politics and policy. Panels will take a comparative and international perspective on what it means to engender the political process and policy outcomes.
Key themes
. What steps have governments and political parties taken to feminize/engender politics?
. What tools and mechanisms can and do states use to address gender inequalities in society?
. What is the nature of the relationship between engendering politics and engendering policy?
. What are the barriers to tackling gender inequality in policy and politics?
. What are the intended and unintended gendered consequences of policy?
. What effects have gender-sensitive policies had on different groups of men and women?
. Drawing on comparative and international evidence, what lessons can be learned about the links between politics and policy in tackling gender inequalities?
. What role do local, national and international organizations play in tackling gender inequalities?
Panels
We invite papers in the following areas (please see the conference website for full details):
. Gender and work . Household division of labour
. Family policy . Ageing, gender and citizenship
. Gender and international relations . Gender and care
. Gender and youth . The gender pay gap
. Advances in feminist political theory . Gender and the European Union
. Political parties . Governance and gender
. State feminism . Feminist institutionalism
. Extending the political
There is also an open stream for poster submissions on the general conference themes.
Deadlines
Abstracts for posters and full papers must be submitted via email to [log in to unmask] - by March 26th 2007. No late submissions can be considered. Please read the conference website http://www.socialsciences.man.ac.uk/gendernetwork/conference/default.htm prior to submission.
Organisers
Claire Annesley and Kirstein Rummery, on behalf of the Gender Research Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.
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Dr Kirstein Rummery,
Senior Lecturer in Social Policy,
Politics, School of Social Sciences,
Dover Street, University of Manchester,
M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
Tel: 0161 275 4877 FAx: 0161 275 4925
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/politics/about/staff_profiles/Kirstein_Rummery.htm
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