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Rethinking women and politics : New Zealand and comparative perspectives / edited by Kate McMillan, John Leslie, Elizabeth McLeay.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : Victoria University Press, 2009Description: 344 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 086473610X
  • 9780864736109
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.420993 22
Contents:
Introduction / Elizabeth McLeay -- Women, Politics, and Protest: Rethinking Women's Liberation Activism in New Zealand / Sandra Grey -- Feminist Agendas and Action in 21st Century New Zealand: Violence against Women / Prue Hyman -- Rethinking Political Connections: Women, Friendship, and Politics in New Zealand / Heather Devere and Jennifer Curtin -- Labour Mum and National Dad? The Gender Gap in General Election Voting Patterns / Anne Else -- What Makes Them Tick? Some Young Women Voters' Motivations and Attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicola Wilson-Kelly and Bronwyn Hayward -- Women and Local Government: Change and Challenges in the 21st Century / Jean Drage -- Women Ministers and the Substantive Representation of Women in New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin -- Getting Impatient: Achieving Parity of Women's Parliamentary Representation in New Zealand - Lessons from the United Kingdom's Experiences with Gender Quotas / Ana Gilling -- Gate Crashers and Engraved Invitations: Women's Activists in the SPD and CDU from the 1960s to the 1990s / John Leslie and Sarah Elise Wiliarty -- Gender Equality and the Politics of Work-Life Balance ill n New Zealand / Tania Domett -- Women and the Politics of University Careers / Jenny Neale -- Newsflash: 'Men and Women Still Unequal!' New Zealand and the Global Media Monitoring Project 2005 / Kate McMillan -- --
1. Introduction / Elizabeth McLeay -- New Zealand feminism, past, present, future: political and personal -- 2. Women, politics, and protest: rethinking women's liberation activism in New Zealand / Sandra Grey -- 3. Feminist agendas and action in 21st century New Zealand: violence against women / Prue Hyman -- 4. Rethinking political connections: women, friendship, and politics in New Zealand -- Voting and representation -- 5. Labour mum and National dad? The gender gap in general election voting patterns / Anne Else -- 6. What makes them tick? Some young women voters' motivations and attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicola Wilson-Kelly and Bronwyn Hayward -- 7. Women and local government: change and challenges in the 21st century / Jean Drage -- 8. Women ministers and the substantive representation of women in New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin -- Pathways and quotas: overseas experiences -- 9. Getting impatient: achieving parity of women's parliamentary representation in New Zealand - lessons from the United Kingdom's experiences with gender quotas / Ana Gilling -- 10. Gate crashers and engraved invitations: women's activists in the SPD and CDU from the 1960s to the 1990s / John Leslie and Sarah Elise Wiliarty -- Sites of conflict and cooperation -- 11. Gender equality and the politics of work-life balance in New Zealand / Tania Domett -- 12. Women and the politics of university careers / Jenny Neale -- 13. Newsflash: 'Men and Women Still Unequal!' New Zealand and the global media monitoring project 2005 / Kate McMillan -- Notes on contributors.
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Papers originally presented to 'Rethinking Women and Politics in New Zealand' workshop 25-26 May 2007 in Wellington.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Elizabeth McLeay -- Women, Politics, and Protest: Rethinking Women's Liberation Activism in New Zealand / Sandra Grey -- Feminist Agendas and Action in 21st Century New Zealand: Violence against Women / Prue Hyman -- Rethinking Political Connections: Women, Friendship, and Politics in New Zealand / Heather Devere and Jennifer Curtin -- Labour Mum and National Dad? The Gender Gap in General Election Voting Patterns / Anne Else -- What Makes Them Tick? Some Young Women Voters' Motivations and Attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicola Wilson-Kelly and Bronwyn Hayward -- Women and Local Government: Change and Challenges in the 21st Century / Jean Drage -- Women Ministers and the Substantive Representation of Women in New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin -- Getting Impatient: Achieving Parity of Women's Parliamentary Representation in New Zealand - Lessons from the United Kingdom's Experiences with Gender Quotas / Ana Gilling -- Gate Crashers and Engraved Invitations: Women's Activists in the SPD and CDU from the 1960s to the 1990s / John Leslie and Sarah Elise Wiliarty -- Gender Equality and the Politics of Work-Life Balance ill n New Zealand / Tania Domett -- Women and the Politics of University Careers / Jenny Neale -- Newsflash: 'Men and Women Still Unequal!' New Zealand and the Global Media Monitoring Project 2005 / Kate McMillan -- --

1. Introduction / Elizabeth McLeay -- New Zealand feminism, past, present, future: political and personal -- 2. Women, politics, and protest: rethinking women's liberation activism in New Zealand / Sandra Grey -- 3. Feminist agendas and action in 21st century New Zealand: violence against women / Prue Hyman -- 4. Rethinking political connections: women, friendship, and politics in New Zealand -- Voting and representation -- 5. Labour mum and National dad? The gender gap in general election voting patterns / Anne Else -- 6. What makes them tick? Some young women voters' motivations and attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicola Wilson-Kelly and Bronwyn Hayward -- 7. Women and local government: change and challenges in the 21st century / Jean Drage -- 8. Women ministers and the substantive representation of women in New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin -- Pathways and quotas: overseas experiences -- 9. Getting impatient: achieving parity of women's parliamentary representation in New Zealand - lessons from the United Kingdom's experiences with gender quotas / Ana Gilling -- 10. Gate crashers and engraved invitations: women's activists in the SPD and CDU from the 1960s to the 1990s / John Leslie and Sarah Elise Wiliarty -- Sites of conflict and cooperation -- 11. Gender equality and the politics of work-life balance in New Zealand / Tania Domett -- 12. Women and the politics of university careers / Jenny Neale -- 13. Newsflash: 'Men and Women Still Unequal!' New Zealand and the global media monitoring project 2005 / Kate McMillan -- Notes on contributors.

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