Gender and the European Union. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Johanna Kantola.
• Other Names: Kantola, Johanna, 1977-
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Gender and the European Union ; Gender inequalities in Europe ; The EU gender regime: policies, institutions and actors ; Feminist evaluations of the EU gender regime ; This book 2 The History of Gender in the European Union The beginning: Article 119 on Equal Pay ; The intensification of gender policy in the 1970s ; Incremental development in the 1980s ; Positive action ; Feminist critiques ; Conclusion 3 Gendering Political Representation in the European Union Improving women's political representation in Europe ; Women in the parliaments of the member states and the European Union ; Women in cabinets in the member states ; Women in the European Commission Women in the European Council and the Council of the European Union Conclusion ; 4 Policy-Making Processes, Actors and Institutions in the EU from a Gender Perspective ; Policy-making processes and gender in the EU ; Women's policy agencies in the EU Civil society groups lobbying for gender equality in the EU Co-operation and contestation in 'velvet triangles' ; Conclusion ; 5 The EU Gender Policy: Reconciling Work and Family ; Reconciliation as an example of gender policy
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingtoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 270 pages)
• Subjects: 305.42094; Public Policy/Social Policy; Equality; Membership requirements; Sex role; Women -- Political activity; Public Policy/General; Sex role -- European Union countries; Women -- Political activity -- European Union countries; Equality -- European Union countries; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books; Electronic books; Membership
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137037459; 1137037458
• Related ISBNs: 9780230542327; 0230542328; 9780230542334; 0230542336
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-263) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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