{"product_id":"9780198875437-women-and-employment-in-public-policy-learning-from-the-uk-women-and-work-commission-2004-2009","title":"Milner Susan (Professor Of European Politics And Society Professor Of European Politics And Society University Of Bath) - Women And Employment In Public Policy Learning From The Uk Women And Work Commission (2004 - 2009) - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: In the UK women's economic empowerment through employment is a success story of the last three decades. And yet women are over - represented in low - paid insecure jobs are under - represented in top jobs and earn less than men on average with a marked income gap over the lifecourse. When Labour took office in 1997, a new wave of women M Ps entered parliament in record numbers and women gained access to ministerial roles including a newly - created minister for women. However policy on women and employment remained an area of conflict. New rights were secured particularly for mothers but when Labour left office a sizeable policy agenda remained unfinished. Using documentary evidence and interviews from leading policy actors from the period Women and Employment in Public Policy takes as its starting point the Women and Work Commission which was convened in 2004 to examine causes of the gender pay gap. The commission was unable to defuse conflicts over equal pay but it set out an agenda for change at the level of government private - sector work organizations and public - sector organizations. Milner examines why the commission could not resolve key conflicts and why its broad - based recommendations were only partially taken up. She traces the subsequent development of policy observing well - established preferences for 'light - touch regulation which can raise awareness but leave entrenched practices unchallenged and weaken individual women's access to redress. Detailed study of the working of the commission provides lessons on the policy process particularly for those seeking to influence policy. It also shows that within the wider policy space opportunities for action to effect change are possible - based on appeals to instrumental logic or political exchange - but are constrained by party leadership.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Women And Employment In Public Policy Learning From The Uk Women And Work Commission (2004 - 2009)\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Milner Susan (Professor Of European Politics And Society Professor Of European Politics And Society University Of Bath)\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780198875437\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Political Economy","brand":"Milner Susan (Professor Of European Politics And Society Professor Of European Politics And Society University Of Bath)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332953702705,"sku":"IN-G-9780198875437","price":125.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780198875437.jpg?v=1754874162","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780198875437-women-and-employment-in-public-policy-learning-from-the-uk-women-and-work-commission-2004-2009","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}