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100			_aBashevkin, Sylvia
245			_aFrom tough times to better times: feminism, public policy, and new labour politics in Britain
260			_c2000
300			_ap.407-24
362			_aOct
520			_aA series of significant internal changes transformed the British Labour Party in the years following 1983. This article is among the first to probe the women and politics dimension of these reforms, focusing on three main questions: first, what benefits accrued to Labour and organized feminism as a result of changes introduced after 1983? Second, what costs were incurred by both sides due to party reform, and how might these disadvantages affect their longer-term relationship? And third, how were initial New Labour government decisions viewed by women's group activists? The article concludes that although the 1997 elections did not produce a policy nirvana for British feminism, their initial effects augured reasonably well for movement interests. - Reproduced
650			_aBritish Labour Party
650			_aPolitical parties - Great Britain
650			_aPublic policy - Great Britain
650			_aWomen in politics - Great Britain
650			_aWomen in politics
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
909			_a46952
999			_c46952 _d46952