Scott, Joan Wallach. <br/><br/>
Parité!  sexual equality and the crisis of French universalism /  [electronic resource] : 
Joan Wallach Scott. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  2005. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 191 p.) 
 - Chicago studies in practices of meaning .
 - Chicago studies in practices of meaning. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-182) and index. 
<br/><br/>The crisis of representation -- The rejection of quotas -- The dilemma of difference -- The campaign for parité -- The discourse of the couple -- The power of the law. 
<br/><br/> France today is in the throes of a crisis about whether to represent social differences within its political system and, if so, how. It is a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In Parité! Joan Wallach Scott shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics. During the 1990s, le mouvement pour la parité successfully campaigned for women's inclusion in elective office with an argument that is unprecedented in the annals of feminism. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226741093 (electronic bk.) 0226741095 (electronic bk.) 9780226741079 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0226741079 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780226741086 (paper : acid-free paper) 0226741087 (paper : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Political activity--France.<br/>Women political candidates--France.<br/>Equality--France.<br/>Feminism--France.<br/>Femmes en politique--France.<br/>Candidates (Élections)--France.<br/>Égalité des sexes--France.<br/>Féminisme--France.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.<br/>Vrouwen.<br/>Politici.<br/>Gelijkheid.<br/>Universalisme.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Frankrijk.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>პოტიტიკური მეცნიერებანი--  ქალთა პოლიტიკური აქტიურობა 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1236.5.F8  / S36 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320/.082/0944 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>32.001(44)