When Gender Equality Policies in Practice Matter

Isabelle Engeli is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Exeter, UK.Amy G. Mazur is Claudius O. and Mary W. Johnson Distinguished Professor in Political Science at Washington State University, USA and Associate Researcher at LIEPP, Sciences Po Paris.

• Chapter 1. The Comparative Context for the Study of French Gender Equality Policy in Practice.-  Chapter 2. Party Penalties for Parity: Less Than Meets the Eye.- Chapter 3. Gender Quotas in the French Bureaucratic Elite: The Soft Power of Restricted Coercion.- Chapter 4. Elder Care Allowances in Action: Missed Opportunities for Gender Transformation at the Departmental Level.- Chapter 5. Pay Equity Through Collective Bargaining: When Voluntary State Feminism Meets Selective Business Practice.- Chapter 6. Cross-Sectoral Training to Reduce Violence Against Women: A New Feminist Opportunity in the Regions?.- Chapter 7. Forced Marriage and Gender Transformation: Feminist State and Civil Society Networks at the Local Level.- Chapter 8. The Gender Equality Potential of New Anti-prostitution Policy: A Critical Juncture for Concrete Reform.-Chapter 9. The Search for the Elusive Recipe for Gender Equality: When Policy Implementation Matters.