University of British Columbia Press
Parity Democracy
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Jocelyne Praud
About this book
In recent years, several countries have adopted measures such as candidate gender quotas to increase women’s presence in electoral politics. France adopted gender parity reforms – laws to ensure equal access to elected office for women and men – in 1999 and 2000. What influence have these reforms had on women’s political representation?
In Parity Democracy, Jocelyne Praud and Sandrine Dauphin assess the evolution of France’s gender parity reforms, from their historical roots to their recent extension beyond the electoral sphere. Drawing on interviews with both parity advocates and opponents, as well as on key European and French legal documents, they show that although parity 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.
Author / Editor information
Jocelyne Praud teaches in the Departments of Political Science at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Vancouver Island University. Sandrine Dauphin is a researcher affiliated with the Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris, a research laboratory of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
Reviews
“This book offers crucial insights into the parity movement in France. The interviews with parity advocates and critics are fascinating, providing new information not yet published in French or English. Reproducing the key parity documents is also a major contribution, as these are often referred to but not often discussed in terms of content in relation to the broader quota literature.”
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Figures and Tables
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Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Introduction
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French Women’s Struggle for Political Rights and Equality
9 - Interviews with Parity Advocates and Critics
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Women’s New Cause: Gisèle Halimi
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Equality in Difference: Monique Dental
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Equality in the Political Sphere: Sylvie Ulrich
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Favouring Equality of Opportunity in Politics: Michèle Alliot-Marie
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A Voluntarist Measure to Achieve Equality: Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
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An Extraordinary Measure to Overcome Men’s Extraordinary Resistance: Yvette Roudy
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A Tool for Equality: Geneviève Fraisse
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Affirmative Action Rather Than Parity: Christine Delphy
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Institutionalizing the Division of the Sexes: Eleni Varikas
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Declaration of Athens, 3 November 1992
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Manifesto of the 577 for Parity Democracy, 10 November 1993
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Decree No. 95–1114 on the Creation of an Observatoire de la parité entre les femmes et les hommes, 18 October 1995
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Charter of Rome, 18 May 1996
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Manifesto of the Ten for Parity, 6 June 1996
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Constitutional Law No. 99–569 on Equality between Women and Men, 8 July 1999
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Law No. 2000–493 to Favour Women’s and Men’s Equal Access to Elected Office, 6 June 2000
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Constitutional Law No. 2008–724 on the Modernization of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic, 23 July 2008
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Conclusion
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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