Abstract
The Greater London Council has probably been the most ambitious experience of local democracy in Europe so far. Influenced by the social movements of the seventies and leaded by the most critical left of the Labour Party, it brought alliances with the social movements to a conclusion, it gave autonomy to different groups —women, homosexual and ethnic groups —so that they could participate with freedom in the decision-making. In spite of its limited competences, we can consider the Greater London Council (1981-1986) as one of the most relevant events of our recent political history. Inside the Greater London Council, the Women Committee was the most outstanding and the one that influenced the most in its initiatives and actions, and at the same time one of the forgotten group. The real and active influence of the feminist thinking in all its actions of local government were not just related to the women context, but it made politics feminization became possible. Though it was attacked and questioned before it became abolished, the Women Committee stood out because of its democratic and equality-oriented actions.
Highlights
The Greater London Council has probably been the most ambitious experience of local democracy in Europe so far
so that they could participate with freedom in the decision-making
que el movimiento feminista haya puesto el acento de sus actuaciones en la construcción de alternativas y en la reivindicación crítica del papel realizado por las mujeres en la sociedad
Summary
Pese a lo limitado de sus competencias, podemos considerar la experiencia del Greater London Council (1981-1986) uno de los hechos más destacados de la historia política reciente. Dentro del Greater London Council (GLC) el Comité de Mujeres fue el más destacado y el que más influyó en sus políticas e iniciativas, pero al igual que el resto de experiencias del GLC, ha sido olvidado. La influencia real y activa del pensamiento feminista en todas sus políticas de gobierno local, no solamente en las que concernían al ámbito de la mujer, es el testimonio explícito de que es posible la feminización de la política. Controvertido y atacado al principio, antes de su abolición el Comité de Mujeres fue uno de los órganos del GLC que más se significó por sus políticas democráticas y de igualdad
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