Symbolic reform in France
Egalite professionnelle during the Mitterrand years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6405438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy G Mazur (0000-0002-9273-5076, a Assistant Professor of Political Science , Indiana University , Indianapolis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 39-56 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402389208424931 |
| OpenAlex | W1970834371 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the 1983 égalité professionnelle law adopted under the Socialist government. Using a policy process approach, the analysis shows how the 1983 law failed to go beyond symbolic reform in policy formulation and implementation. In symbolic policy the outcome fails both to effectively reallocate resources and to generate policy feedback. The article concludes that while symbolic policy in the case of égalité professionnelle brought public attention to problems of gender discrimination in employment it failed to generate a permanent policy community, inside and outside of government, interested in the enforcement of programmes from the 1983 law
Enforcement · Government (linguistics · Law enforcement · Linguistics · Political science · Public policy · Sociology · The Symbolic · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Psychology · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |