Women Making Constitutions New Politics and Comparative Perspectives [Hardcover]

This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries including Canada, the United States and South Africa. Through theoretical engagement and practical experiences, the contributors develop crucial arguments on the nature and effect of constitutional change, equality, women's rights and representation. This shows how women, through their words and deeds, have challenged and shaped the nature and forms of constitutionalism.Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction; A.Dobrowolsky & V.Hart Constitutional Rights Discourse: Canadian and South African Developments; R.Murphy Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada; J.Green Gender and Accountability; A.M.Goetz Women in Elected Office in the UK 1992-2002: Struggles, Achievements and Possible Sea-Change; M.Russell Towards a New Politics? Women and Constitutional Change in Scotland; F.Mackay, F.Myers & A.Brown Towards Substantive Representation: Women and Politics in South Africa; C.Albertyn Redesigning the Polity: Europe, Women and Constitutional Politics; V.Hart The Politics of Human Rights and Gender Equality in Northern Ireland; C.Harvey Women's Rights After the Human Rights Act 1998; S.Millns 'Heightened Scrutiny': A Judicial Route to Constitutional Equality for US Women; C.Harrison Increased Rights and Representation: Women and the Post-Devolution Equality Agenda in Wales; P.Chaney Mainstreaming Equality in Northern Ireland; B.Hinds Reviewing the UK Equality Agenda in the Context of Constitutional Change; J.Squires Group-Differentiated Cultural Rights, Constitutionalism and Feminism; A.Bartholomew Women, Constitutionalism and Contestation: Some Tentative Conclusions; A.Dobrowolsky ReferencesCATHI ALBERTYN Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Univl