Comparative State Feminism

The cross-national trend in post-industrial societies of establishing state structures assigned to improve the status of women is studied in this book. The existence of a phenomenon called `state feminism has begun to be a focus of research in the past few years although the phenomenon itself dates from the 1960s thus there is a clear need for a comparative analysis. With contributions from renowned scholars the book: describes and classifies the range and diversity of state structures charged with improving the status of women in post-industrial societies; analyzes their effect on the status of women on achieving feminist goals; and explains the variations among post-industrial societies in the establishment elaboration and effectiven