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Politics as if Women Mattered: A Political Analysis of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women
ISBN: 9781487574079
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: National Action Committee on the Status of Women; Women’s rights -- Canada; Women -- Canada -- Social conditions;

The book documents NAC's evolution as a 'parliament of women.' It shows how the organization moved from a fairly narrow status-of-women focus in its policies to a broadly conceived policy framework that linked such apparently sex-neutral issues as free trade, federalism, and taxation to feminism.

Jill Vickers is Distinguished Research Professor and Emeritus Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.Rankin Pauline :

Pauline Rankin is an instructor in the School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University.Appelle Christine :

Christine Appelle is a psychotherapist in private practice in Ottawa.