Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. French Women’s Struggle for Political Rights and Equality 9
8. Interviews with Parity Advocates and Critics
9. Women’s New Cause: Gisèle Halimi 45
10. Equality in Difference: Monique Dental 55
11. Equality in the Political Sphere: Sylvie Ulrich 63
12. Favouring Equality of Opportunity in Politics: Michèle Alliot-Marie 69
13. A Voluntarist Measure to Achieve Equality: Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin 75
14. An Extraordinary Measure to Overcome Men’s Extraordinary Resistance: Yvette Roudy 81
15. A Tool for Equality: Geneviève Fraisse 89
16. Affirmative Action Rather Than Parity: Christine Delphy 99
17. Institutionalizing the Division of the Sexes: Eleni Varikas 105
18. Founding Documents on Gender Parity in Politics
19. Declaration of Athens, 3 November 1992 113
20. Manifesto of the 577 for Parity Democracy, 10 November 1993 117
21. Decree No. 95–1114 on the Creation of an Observatoire de la parité entre les femmes et les hommes, 18 October 1995 119
22. Charter of Rome, 18 May 1996 123
23. Manifesto of the Ten for Parity, 6 June 1996 127
24. Constitutional Law No. 99–569 on Equality between Women and Men, 8 July 1999 133
25. Law No. 2000–493 to Favour Women’s and Men’s Equal Access to Elected Office, 6 June 2000 135
26. Constitutional Law No. 2008–724 on the Modernization of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic, 23 July 2008 139
27. Conclusion 141
28. Appendix A 147
29. Appendix B 153
30. Notes 155
31. Bibliography 175
32. Index 185