LEADER 03605nam 22007574a 450 001 9910815633903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-12606-3 010 $a9786611126063 010 $a0-226-74109-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226741093 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413547 035 $a(EBL)408399 035 $a(OCoLC)476228868 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000218132 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218132 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10213691 035 $a(PQKB)11418252 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408399 035 $a(DE-B1597)523952 035 $a(OCoLC)1055286110 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226741093 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210013 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112606 035 $a(dli)HEB04541 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000009797290 035 $a(PPN)145077179 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413547 100 $a20050527d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParite! $esexual equality and the crisis of French universalism /$fJoan Wallach Scott 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 225 1 $aChicago studies in practices of meaning 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-74108-7 311 $a0-226-74107-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [153]-182) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tChapter One. The Crisis of Representation --$tChapter Two. The Rejection of Quotas --$tChapter Three. The Dilemma of Difference --$tChapter Four. The Campaign for Parité --$tChapter Five. The Discourse of the Couple --$tChapter Six. The Power of the Law --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aFrance today is in the throes of a crisis about whether to represent social differences within its political system and, if so, how. It is a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In Parité! Joan Wallach Scott shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. During the 1990's, le mouvement pour la parité successfully campaigned for women's inclusion in elective office with an argument that is unprecedented in the annals of feminism. The paritaristes insisted that if the abstract individual were thought of as sexed, then sexual difference would no longer be a relevant consideration in politics. Scott insists that this argument was neither essentialist nor separatist; it was not about women's special qualities or interests. Instead, parité was rigorously universalist-and for that reason was both misunderstood and a source of heated debate. 410 0$aChicago studies in practices of meaning. 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zFrance 606 $aWomen political candidates$zFrance 606 $aEquality$zFrance 606 $aFeminism$zFrance 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aWomen political candidates 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aFeminism 676 $a320/.082/0944 700 $aScott$b Joan Wallach$0174538 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815633903321 996 $aParitè$91377527 997 $aUNINA