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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807946303321

Titolo

Gender and social justice in Wales / / edited by Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies ; contributors, Wendy Ball [and eleven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-299-20077-X

0-7083-2269-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Gender Studies in Wales

Disciplina

303.372

Soggetti

Social justice - Wales

Women - Government policy - Wales

Women's rights - Wales

Wales Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tables and Figures; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Setting the Scene: Devolution, Gender Politics and Social Justice; Delivery or Déjà Vu? Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policy in Post-devolution Wales; Gender and Political Representation: Views from the Grass Roots; Devolution, Gender and Childcare: A Distinctive Agenda for Wales?; Developing a Domestic Abuse Strategy; Mainstreaming Across the Equality Dimensions:Policy on Sexual Orientation in Wales; Making the World New? Education in Post-devolution Wales; Gendered Housing Policy: Women, Housing and Homelessness

The Material Resources of Older Women in Wales and Welsh Assembly Government Policy Responses Devolution and Welsh Language Policy: A Gender Dimension?; The Future; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Assesses how policies developed by the National Assembly for Wales are affecting gender inequalities and investigates whether they are having an impact on social justice for women in Wales. Focusing on distinct policy domains, this book explores gender politics in a devolved Wales.