Women & Public Policy A Revolution in Progress
İÇİNDEKİLERContents Preface About the Authors 1 Women and Public Policy Defining Culture A Brief History Cultural Change and Public Policy Notes Suggestions for Further Reading 2 Women and Educational Policy Educational Policy in Cultural and Historical Context The Current Status of Women in Higher Education Discrimination against Women in Higher Education Women, Education, and the Policy Process Title IX and the Battle over Implementation Policy Adjudication: Grove City College's Challenge to Title IX Looking Ahead Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 3 Women and Health Care Policy Women, Culture, and Public Policy on Health Care Contemporary Women's Health Issues and the Policy-making Process Policy Silences Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading The Implementation of Equal Opportunity Policy The Problem of Sexual Harassment Criteria for Proof of Discrimination Effects of Equni Opportunity Policy on Women's Employment The Concept of Comparable Worth The Outlook for Women Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 5 Economic Equity: Credit, Housing, and Retirement Income The Problem of Credit Discrimination The Problem of Housing The Problems of Retirement Income and the Feminization of Poverty Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 6 Gender and Insurance The Question Presented Basics of Insurance and Rating The Use of Gender as a Rating Criterion Existing and Proposed Restrictions on the Use of Gender in Insurance Rating Public Policy Implications of Gender-Based Rating Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 7 Women and Family Law: Marriage and Divorce Laws and Public Policies Governing Marriage Laws and Public Policies Governing Divorce Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 8 Women and Child Care Can the Needs of Women and Children Be Separated? Cultural Context of the Child Care Problem The Increasing Importance of Child Care Issues Historical Background of Child Care and Family Leave Issues The Problems of Child Care and Family Leave: A Need for Public Awareness Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 9 Women and the Criminal Justice System The Functions of Law in American Society Women as Decision Makers in the Criminal Justice System Women as Criminals Women as Crime Victims Abortion: From Crime to Constitutional Right Notes Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading 10 A Revolution in Progress Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index  |
