Comparative State Feminism

Abstract

Introduction - Dorothy McBride Stetson and Amy Mazur 'Femocrats in Glass Towers' - Marian Sawer The Office of the Status of Women in Australia Feminism and State Institutions in Canada - Linda Geller-Schwartz A Political Niche - Anette Borchorst Denmark's Equal Status Council Strong State and Symbolic Reform - Amy Mazur The Ministere des Droits de la Femme in France Making Equality - Myra Marx Ferree The Women's Affairs Offices in the Federal Republic of Germany The Equal Opportunities Commission in Great Britain - Joni Lovenduski Ireland's Policy Machinery - Evelyn Mahon The Ministry of State for Women's Affairs and Joint Oireachtas Committees for Women's Rights The Late-Comers - Marila Guadagnini Italy's Equal Status and Equal Opportunity Agencies Administrative Accommodation in the Netherlands - Joyce Outshoorn The Department for the Coordination of Equality Policy Women's Equality Machinery in Norway - Jill Bystydzienski The Equal Status Council Women, the State and the Need for Civil Society - Jean Robinson The Liga Kobiet in Poland The Power of Persuasion - Ceila Valiente The Instituto de la Mujer in Spain The State's Equality for Women - Amy Elman Sweden's Equality Ombudsman The Oldest Women's Policy Agency - Dorothy McBride Stetson The Women's Bureau in the U S Conclusion - Amy Mazur and Dorothy McBride Stetson The Case for State Feminism