03605nam 22007574a 450 991081563390332120200520144314.01-281-12606-397866111260630-226-74109-510.7208/9780226741093(CKB)1000000000413547(EBL)408399(OCoLC)476228868(SSID)ssj0000218132(PQKBManifestationID)11190291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218132(PQKBWorkID)10213691(PQKB)11418252(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122998(MiAaPQ)EBC408399(DE-B1597)523952(OCoLC)1055286110(DE-B1597)9780226741093(Au-PeEL)EBL408399(CaPaEBR)ebr10210013(CaONFJC)MIL112606(dli)HEB04541(MiU)MIU01000000000000009797290(PPN)145077179(EXLCZ)99100000000041354720050527d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrParite! sexual equality and the crisis of French universalism /Joan Wallach Scott1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20051 online resource (203 p.)Chicago studies in practices of meaningDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-74108-7 0-226-74107-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-182) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter One. The Crisis of Representation --Chapter Two. The Rejection of Quotas --Chapter Three. The Dilemma of Difference --Chapter Four. The Campaign for Parité --Chapter Five. The Discourse of the Couple --Chapter Six. The Power of the Law --Conclusion --Notes --IndexFrance today is in the throes of a crisis about whether to represent social differences within its political system and, if so, how. It is a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In Parité! Joan Wallach Scott shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. During the 1990's, le mouvement pour la parité successfully campaigned for women's inclusion in elective office with an argument that is unprecedented in the annals of feminism. The paritaristes insisted that if the abstract individual were thought of as sexed, then sexual difference would no longer be a relevant consideration in politics. Scott insists that this argument was neither essentialist nor separatist; it was not about women's special qualities or interests. Instead, parité was rigorously universalist-and for that reason was both misunderstood and a source of heated debate.Chicago studies in practices of meaning.WomenPolitical activityFranceWomen political candidatesFranceEqualityFranceFeminismFranceWomenPolitical activityWomen political candidatesEqualityFeminism320/.082/0944Scott Joan Wallach174538MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815633903321Paritè1377527UNINA