Holistic Policymaking

Neo‐Liberalism” as Illustrated by the Women's and Disability Rights Movements

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6330802
AutoresSara Watson (0000-0001-9116-5940, Center for the Study of Social Policy, autor de correspondencia), Sara D Watson
Año1993
Volumen21
Número4
Páginas752-764
Fecha de publicación1993-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolicy Studies Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-0072.1993.tb02172.x
OpenAlexW1993553236
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

The past several decades have seen the rise of two movements, the disability rights movement and the women's movement, with parallel concerns, histories, organizational issues, and other attributes. This article examines the philosophies of the two movements and their significance for the policymaking process. For example, both have struggled with the issues of difference versus equality in determining public policy; both stress the importance of considering problems to reside not in personal characteristics but in interactions with the environment. The article traces these and other similarities in ways of looking at policy problems between the women's movement and the disability movement, examines how these similarities reveal a fundamentally different view of policymaking, compares this philosophy with basic tenets of the Clinton administration, as expressed by key policymakers, and discusses what policy would look like if these changes occurred

Civil rights · Liberalism · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Social movement · Sociology · Educational Practices and Policies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice