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Sisters in suits : women and public policy in Australia / Marian Sawer.

Sisters in suits : women and public policy in Australia / Marian Sawer.
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Record Number 18775
ISBN 0046100210
Location 305.42 SAW offsite storage
Author Sawer, Marian, 1946-
Title Sisters in suits : women and public policy in Australia / Marian Sawer.
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1990.
Collation xvii, 277 pages : illustrations, ports.
Content types text
General Note Includes index.
Bibliography Note Bibliography: p. 257-265.
Includes index.
Contents Note Includes index.
Summary Note This book describes how Australian feminists took advantage of opportunities presented in the 1970s and 1980s to make inroads into the bureaucracy. There is an analysis of the bureaucratic and gender policits involved, as well as the relatinoship between the 'femocrats' and the women's movement outside. The book also looks at the interplay between the domestic and the international areana - the ways in which Australian women sought to strengthen international mechanisms for raising the status of women and how this in turn reinforced domestic initiatives. It highlights the unique character of the women's budget process as a means of auditing government impact on women and looks at the changing political environment that can affect feminist gains. The book draws on extensive interviews with the women who went into government and tells the story of their victories and defeats. It brings to life the dilemmas facing feminists working through government, particularly in an era of managerialism and economic rationalism.
Personal Name O'Shane, Patricia,1941-
Murphy, Olive
Daylight, Phyllis
Huggins, Jackie,1956-
Subject Women -- Political activity
-- Australia
Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Political activity
Politics and Government - Social justice
Attitudes - Indigenous perspectives
Race relations - Racial discrimination
Community organisations
Womens health - Maternal health
Employment - Labour market - Women
Geographic Name History, 1970-1979
History, 1980-1989
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