Women and Employment in Public Policy
Learning from the UK Women and Work Commission (2004-2009)
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 20 May 2024
- ISBN 9780198875437
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 240x165x25 mm
- Weight 672 g
- Language English 522
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Short description:
Using documentary evidence and interviews from leading policy actors from the period, Women and Employment in Public Policy takes as its starting point the UK Women and Work Commission, which was convened in 2004 to examine causes of the gender pay gap.
MoreLong description:
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 MPs 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.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Introduction. Women and employment: a 'stalled' revolution
Feminizing British politics? Women in the legislature and the executive
Understanding policy on women and employment: the gender pay gap as a policy problem
Reaching the limits of the Equal Pay Act (1970-2007)
Feminizing Labour: the party and trade unions
The women's policy machinery: strengthening women's voice in government?
The Women and Work Commission: bridging different approaches to the gender pay gap
The Women and Work Commission: implementation, influence and effectiveness
The unfinished campaign for equal pay in the UK
The part-time working penalty and the under-valuing of women's work
Families and childcare: an unfinished revolution
Training and skills: a long-standing policy gap
Setting the standard? The public sector's role in promoting gender equality
Conclusion
