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Women Making Constitutions

New Politics and Comparative Perspectives

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Alexandra Dobrowolsky

    1. Department of Political Science, Saint Mary’s University, Canada

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  2. Vivien Hart

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Women, New Politics and Constitutional Change

    • Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Vivien Hart
    Pages 1-19

  3. Constitutional Rights Discourse: Canadian and South African Feminist Engagements

    • Ronalda Murphy
    Pages 20-35

  4. Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada

    • Joyce Green
    Pages 36-51

  5. Gender and Accountability

    • Anne Marie Goetz
    Pages 52-67

  6. Women in Elected Office in the UK, 1992–2002: Struggles, Achievements and Possible Sea Change

    • Meg Russell
    Pages 68-83

  7. Towards a New Politics? Women and the Constitutional Change in Scotland

    • Fiona Mackay, Fiona Myers, Alice Brown
    Pages 84-98

  8. Towards Substantive Representation: Women and Politics in South Africa

    • Catherine Albertyn
    Pages 99-117

  9. Redesigning the Polity: Europe, Women and Constitutional Politics in the UK

    • Vivien Hart
    Pages 118-131

  10. The Politics of Human Rights and Gender Equality in Northern Ireland

    • Colin Harvey
    Pages 132-141

  11. Women’s Rights after the Human Rights Act 1998

    • Susan Millns
    Pages 142-154

  12. ‘Heightened Scrutiny’: A Judicial Route to Constitutional Equality for US Women

    • Cynthia Harrison
    Pages 155-172

  13. Increased Rights and Representation: Women and the Post-devolution Equality Agenda in Wales

    • Paul Chaney
    Pages 173-184

  14. Mainstreaming Equality in Northern Ireland

    • Bronagh Hinds
    Pages 185-199

  15. Reviewing the UK Equality Agenda in the Context of Constitutional Change

    • Judith Squires
    Pages 200-215

  16. Group-differentiated Cultural Rights, Constitutionalism and Feminism

    • Amy Bartholomew
    Pages 216-235

  17. Women, Constitutionalism and Contestation: Some Tentative Conclusions

    • Alexandra Dobrowolsky
    Pages 236-249

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 250-277
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About this book

This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries including Canada, the United States and South Africa. Through theoretical engagement and practical experiences, the contributors develop crucial arguments on the nature and effect of constitutional change, equality, women's rights and representation. This shows how women, through their words and deeds, have challenged and shaped the nature and forms of constitutionalism.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, Saint Mary’s University, Canada

    Alexandra Dobrowolsky

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Vivien Hart

About the editors

CATHI ALBERTYN Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa AMY BARTHOLOMEW Associate Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University, Canada ALICE BROWN Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, UK PAUL CHANEY Research Associate, Cardiff Univesrity, UK ANNE MARIE GOETZ Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK JOYCE GREEN Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Regina, Canada CYNTHIA HARRISON Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies, The George Washington University, USA COLIN HARVEY Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, University of Leeds, UK BRONAGH HINDS Senior Fellow, Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queens University Belfast, UK FIONA MACKAY Lecturer in Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK SUSAN MILLNS Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Kent, UK RONALDA MURPHY Dalhousie University, Canada FIONA MYERS Researcher, UK MEG RUSSELL Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Policy, University College London, UK JUDITH SQUIRES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Bristol University, UK

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