""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Why Do We Need a Book about Women and Politics?""; ""Outline of the Book""; ""PART 1: FEMINISM AND POLITICAL SCIENCE""; ""Chapter 1: The Study of Politics and the Study of Women""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""What Is Political Science?""; ""Women in the History of Political Thought""; ""Feminist Critiques of Political Science""; ""Women as Practitioners of Political Science""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 2: Sexual Politics and Feminist Responses""; ""Chapter Summary""
""Chapter Outline""""Sexual Politics""; ""Feminist Responses""; ""The Women's Movement""; ""The 1990s: Backlash or Revisionism?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Feminist Responses""; ""The Women's Movement""; ""The 1990s: Backlash or Revisionism?""; ""PART 2: WOMEN IN CANADIAN SOCIETY""; ""Chapter 3: Women in the Canadian Economy""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""The Ideology of the Housewife""; ""The History of 'Women's Work' in Canada""; ""The Double Shift""; ""Occupational Segregation and the Wage Gap""
""Occupational Health and Safety Issues for Women""""Immigrant Women and Ethnic Minority Women""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 4: Women in the Canadian Family""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""Political Conceptions of the Family""; ""Changes in Canadian Family Structure""; ""Explaining the Changes in Canadian Family Structure""; ""Resisting the Changes""; ""R.E.A.L. Women""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 5: Women and the Law in Canada""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""
""Gender and Canadian Law""""Justice in Canada""; ""Women and the Criminal Law""; ""Sexual Assault Law in Canada""; ""The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 6: Women, Mass Media and Popular Culture in Canada""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""Mediated Reality and the Portrayal of Gender""; ""Mass Media and Popular Culture in Canadian Politics""; ""Images of Women in North American Popular Culture""; ""Women as Media Personnel""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""
""PART 3: WOMEN IN THE CANADIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM""""Chapter 7: Women's Participation in Politics""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""Major Themes in Women's Political Participation""; ""Women and Unconventional Politics""; ""The Political Beliefs of Women""; ""From Mass to Elite Politics: The Barriers for Women""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""Chapter 8: Women in Canadian Political Parties""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Chapter Outline""; ""Parties and Political Power""; ""Women in the Parties""; ""Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?""; ""Notes""

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