UID:
edocfu_9959243818002883
Format:
1 online resource (203 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-12606-3
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9786611126063
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0-226-74109-5
Series Statement:
Chicago studies in practices of meaning
Content:
France today is in the throes of a crisis about whether to represent social differences within its political system and, if so, how. It is a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In Parité! Joan Wallach Scott shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. During the 1990's, le mouvement pour la parité successfully campaigned for women's inclusion in elective office with an argument that is unprecedented in the annals of feminism. The paritaristes insisted that if the abstract individual were thought of as sexed, then sexual difference would no longer be a relevant consideration in politics. Scott insists that this argument was neither essentialist nor separatist; it was not about women's special qualities or interests. Instead, parité was rigorously universalist-and for that reason was both misunderstood and a source of heated debate.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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Chapter One. The Crisis of Representation --
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Chapter Two. The Rejection of Quotas --
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Chapter Three. The Dilemma of Difference --
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Chapter Four. The Campaign for Parité --
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Chapter Five. The Discourse of the Couple --
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Chapter Six. The Power of the Law --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-226-74108-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-226-74107-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7208/9780226741093
