Research frontiers in comparative gender equality policy: contributions from the study of equal employment policy practice in France and Canada

• Published in: French politics Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 231 - 234
• Main Authors: Laufer, Jacqueline, Mazur, Amy, Pigeyre, Frédérique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.09.2018; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Comparable worth; Comparative Politics; Employment; Employment policies; Equality; European Politics; Francophones; Gender; Gender equity; Gender inequality; Gender studies; Humanities and Social Sciences; Intersectionality; Introduction; Policy implementation; Political Science; Political Science and International Relations; Political Science and International Studies; Public policy; Qualitative research; Sociology; France; Canada; Equal pay; French gender policy; Policy implementation; Gender equality policy; Quebec gender policy; Comparative public policy; Comparable worth; Comparative Gender Equality Policy; Equal employment policy; Intersectionality; Canadian gender policy
• ISSN: 1476-3419; 1476-3427
• DOI: 10.1057/s41253-018-0068-7

The first goal of this special issue is to showcase francophone cutting-edge research on the implementation and practice of gender equality policy that uses qualitative tools of comparison in the analysis of equal employment policy implementation in France and Canada, including Quebec. Its second goal is to highlight the methodological and theoretical contributions the articles in the special issue make to research and theory-building on gender equality policy inside and outside of France. Ultimately, therefore, the special issue aims to advance the larger scholarly agenda of Comparative Gender Equality Policy Studies, a new international field of study within the purview of policy studies and political science.