Equal Employment Opportunity and Representation

Extending the Frame to Courts

Bibliographic Data

ID12426142
AuthorsSamuel Kenney (0009-0003-6286-3741, University of Minnesota System, corresponding author), S J Kenney
Year2004
Volume11
Issue1
Pages86-116
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxh027
OpenAlexW2147536628
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited10

The system of selecting judges in Britain is undergoing major transformation in the area of integration of women. Three lawsuits helped place the gender of judges on the agenda, moving the issue into the mainstream of political concern. By contributing to the extension of the concepts of equal employment opportunity and representation to encompass the selection of judges, they helped paved the way for the appointment of more women judges. In this essay I explore why discursive change matters, why the courts in Britain are an important venue for observing this change, and what this process has to do with the wider issue of the European Union's effect on national-level feminist politics

Extension (predicate logic · Frame (networking · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Selection (genetic algorithm · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Politics and Representation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law in Society and Culture · Law

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