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If the EC is to develop policies that will positively benefit women’s employment in the single market, then there is a need to ensure that policies are implemented in an effective way in member states. This chapter looks at how the 1975 Equal Pay Directive has been interpreted by and implemented in the UK. From this it is apparent that there are problems in relying on national goodwill to implement policies with the spirit in which they were intended to take effect. The under-representation of women’s interests in policy-making and the over-representation of patriarchal interests means that there is no guarantee that policies will be implemented in a way that positively benefits women.
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© 1992 Jane Pillinger
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Pillinger, J. (1992). How has EC Policy Affected Women in the UK? A Case Study of the Equal Pay Directive. In: Feminising the Market. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13281-2_6
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