Combining fresh, critical insights from a feminist and anti-racist perspective, this is an excellent synthesis of some of the most important issues on the French public policy agenda. It provides detailed analysis and broad contextualization of debates on employment, parity, domestic violence, abortion, prostitution, and Islamic headscarves.

'This very well-informed book sets its detailed case studies within a wider context and brings together empirical accounts with explanations of underlying ideas and approaches. Refreshingly clearly written, it will be invaluable for those interested in comparative politics and public policy as well as in women's studies.' - Anne Stevens, Emeritus Professor of European Studies, Aston University, UK

Autorentext
GILL ALLWOOD is Reader in Gender Politics at Nottingham Trent University, UK and author of Feminisms in France and, with Khursheed Wadia, Women and Politics in France: 1958-2000 and Refugee Women in Britain and France .

KHURSHEED WADIA is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK. She has written extensively on gender, ethnicity and politics and is author, with Gill Allwood, of Women and Politics in France: 1958-2000 and of Refugee Women in Britain and France .

Inhalt
Introduction Women, Employment and Gender Equality Policy Gender Parity Reform Abortion Prostitution Domestic Violence The Islamic Headscarf (Hijab) Conclusion