Women and Political Representation in Canada

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Manon Tremblay and Caroline Andrew 5 PART ONE HOW THE STATE ORGANIZES THE INTERESTSOF WOMEN Chapter 1 Restructuring and the Politics of Marginalization Janine Brodie 19 Chapter 2 A Critical Look at State Discourse on "Violence against Women": Some Implications for Feminist Politics and Women's Citizenship Use Gotell 39 Chapter 3 Employment Equality Strategies and Their Representation in the Political Process in Canada, 1970-1994 Julia S. O'Connor 85 PART TWO STRATEGIES OF WOMEN'S ENTRYINTO POLITICS: ARE THEY STRATEGIES OFTRANSFORMATION? Chapter 4 The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women: Possibilities and Limitations Sandra Burt 125 Chapter 5 "More Women": The RCSW and Political Representation, 1970 Jane Arscott 145 2 CONTENTS PART THREE WOMEN'S ENTRYINTO FORMAL POLITICS—THE SPHERE OF ELECTORALPOLITICS Chapter 6 Affirmative Action and Women's Representation in the Ontario New Democratic Party Jocetyne Praud 172 Chapter7 The Canadian Women's Movement and Political Parties, 1970-1993 Lisa Young 195 Chapter 8 Entry to the Commons: Parties, Recruitment, and the Election of Women in 1993 Lynda Erickson 219 Chapter 9 Who's Represented? Gender and Diversity in the Alberta Legislature Linda Trimble 257 PART FOUR WOMEN'S POLITICS Chapter 10 Representation and the Struggle for Women's Equality: Issues for Feminist Practice Sue Findlay 293 Chapter 11 Problematizing Ethnicity and "Race"in Feminist Scholarship on Women and Politics Susan Judith Ship 311 Chapter 12 Locating Women's Politics L. Pauline Rankinand Jill Vickers 341 About the Contributors 369 s s CONTENTS 3 3 This page intentionally left blank ...