In 1999 and 2000, France adopted laws to ensure equal access to elected office for women and men. Parity Democracy explores the evolution and influence of France's gender parity reforms, from their historical roots to their recent extension beyond the electoral sphere. Drawing on extensive interviews, as well as on European and French legal documents, Praud and Dauphin show that although these reforms have not dramatically boosted women's representation in the National Assembly, they have set in motion a process of feminization in the electoral sphere that bodes well for the future of parity democracy.…mehr
In 1999 and 2000, France adopted laws to ensure equal access to elected office for women and men. Parity Democracy explores the evolution and influence of France's gender parity reforms, from their historical roots to their recent extension beyond the electoral sphere. Drawing on extensive interviews, as well as on European and French legal documents, Praud and Dauphin show that although these reforms have not dramatically boosted women's representation in the National Assembly, they have set in motion a process of feminization in the electoral sphere that bodes well for the future of parity democracy.
Jocelyne Praud teaches in the Departments ofPolitical Science at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and VancouverIsland University. Sandrine Dauphin is a researcheraffiliated with the Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques deParis, a research laboratory of the Centre national de la recherchescientifique.
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Introduction 1 French Women s Struggle for Political Rights and Parity Part 1: Interviews with Parity Advocates andCritics 2 Women s New Cause: Gisèle Halimi 3 Equality in Difference: Monique Dental 4 Equality in the Political Sphere: Sylvie Ulrich 5 Favouring Equality of Opportunity in Politics: MichèleAlliot-Marie 6 A Voluntarist Measure to Achieve Equality: RoselyneBachelot-Narquin 7 An Extraordinay Measure to Overcome Men s ExtraordinaryResistance: Yvette Roudy 8 A Tool for Equality: Geneviève Fraisse 9 Affirmative Action Rather than Parity: Christine Delphy 10 Institutionalizing the Division of the Sexes: Eleni Varikas Part 2: Founding Documents on Gender Parity inPolitics 11 Declaration of Athens, 3 November 1992 12 Manifesto of the 577 for Parity Democracy, 10 November 1993 13 Decree No. 95-1114 on the Creation of an Observatoire de laParité entre les Femmes et les Hommes, 18 October 1995 14 Charter of Rome, 18 May 1996 15 Manifesto of the Ten for Parity, 6 June 1996 16 Constitutional Law No. 99-569 on Equality between Women and Men,8 July 1999 17 Law No. 2000-493 to Favour Women s and Men s EqualAccess to Elected Office, 6 June 2000 18 Constitutional Law No. 2008-724 on the Modernization of theInstitutions of the Fifth Republic, 23 July 2008 Conclusion Appendix 1: Chronology on French Women s Struggle forPolitical Rights Appendix 2: Interview Guide Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction 1 French Women s Struggle for Political Rights and Parity Part 1: Interviews with Parity Advocates andCritics 2 Women s New Cause: Gisèle Halimi 3 Equality in Difference: Monique Dental 4 Equality in the Political Sphere: Sylvie Ulrich 5 Favouring Equality of Opportunity in Politics: MichèleAlliot-Marie 6 A Voluntarist Measure to Achieve Equality: RoselyneBachelot-Narquin 7 An Extraordinay Measure to Overcome Men s ExtraordinaryResistance: Yvette Roudy 8 A Tool for Equality: Geneviève Fraisse 9 Affirmative Action Rather than Parity: Christine Delphy 10 Institutionalizing the Division of the Sexes: Eleni Varikas Part 2: Founding Documents on Gender Parity inPolitics 11 Declaration of Athens, 3 November 1992 12 Manifesto of the 577 for Parity Democracy, 10 November 1993 13 Decree No. 95-1114 on the Creation of an Observatoire de laParité entre les Femmes et les Hommes, 18 October 1995 14 Charter of Rome, 18 May 1996 15 Manifesto of the Ten for Parity, 6 June 1996 16 Constitutional Law No. 99-569 on Equality between Women and Men,8 July 1999 17 Law No. 2000-493 to Favour Women s and Men s EqualAccess to Elected Office, 6 June 2000 18 Constitutional Law No. 2008-724 on the Modernization of theInstitutions of the Fifth Republic, 23 July 2008 Conclusion Appendix 1: Chronology on French Women s Struggle forPolitical Rights Appendix 2: Interview Guide Notes Bibliography Index
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