[Gesth-l] Call for papers

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Engendering Policy and Politics
International and comparative challenges and perspectives

An international, interdisciplinary conferences hosted by the Gender 
Research Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, 
Chancellors Conference Centre, 21-22 June 2007, supported by the Social 
Policy Association and Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence

Keynote speakers include:
" Professor Drude Dahlerup, Stockholm " Professor Gillian Pascall, 
Nottingham
" Professor Joni Lovenduski, Birkbeck " Dr Katherine Rake, Fawcett Society
" Professor Jane Lewis, LSE " Professor Diane Sainsbury, Stockholm
Call for Papers
Aims and Objectives
This interdisciplinary conference will address key debates around the 
theme of engendering politics and policy. Panels will take a comparative 
and international perspective on what it means to engender the political 
process and policy outcomes.

Key themes
" What steps have governments and political parties taken to 
feminize/engender politics?
" What tools and mechanisms can and do states use to address gender 
inequalities in society?
" What is the nature of the relationship between engendering politics 
and engendering policy?
" What are the barriers to tackling gender inequality in policy and 
politics?
" What are the intended and unintended gendered consequences of policy?
" What effects have gender-sensitive policies had on different groups of 
men and women?
" Drawing on comparative and international evidence, what lessons can be 
learned about the links between politics and policy in tackling gender 
inequalities?
" What role do local, national and international organizations play in 
tackling gender inequalities?

Panels
We invite papers in the following areas (please see the conference 
website for full details):
" Gender and work " Household division of labour
" Family policy " Ageing, gender and citizenship
" Gender and international relations " Gender and care
" Gender and youth " The gender pay gap
" Advances in feminist political theory " Gender and the European Union
" Political parties " Governance and gender
" State feminism " Feminist institutionalism
" Extending the political

There is also an open stream for poster submissions on the general 
conference themes.

Deadlines
Abstracts for posters and full papers must be submitted via email to 
genderconference at manchester.ac.uk - by March 26th 2007. No late 
submissions can be considered. Please read the conference website 
http://www.socialsciences.man.ac.uk/gendernetwork/conference/default.htm 
prior to submission.

Organisers
Claire Annesley and Kirstein Rummery, on behalf of the Gender Research 
Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.