Nordic Equality At A Crossroads
Subtitle: Feminist Legal Studies Coping With Difference
Contributors: Karoliina Ahtela (Contributor); Hege Braekhus (Contributor); Monica Burman (Contributor); Susanne Fransson (Contributor); Asa Gunnarsson (Contributor); Kristine Helen Korsnes (Contributor); Sari Kouvo (Contributor); Eva-Maria Svensson (Editor); Anu Pylkkanen (Editor); Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780754624080
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Women's studies; Scandinavia; Gender & the Law; Women; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Constitutional; Law; Congresses; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.
First sentence: The contributions to this collection have sprung out of an awareness that we are now at a crossroads.
Description: "In this work, feminist legal scholars from four Nordic countries provide a critical account of the latest legal policies in these countries linked with gender (in)equality, such as public financing of children's homecare, regulation of the labour market towards substantive equality, and the reforms concerning violence against women. These issues are matters of concern everywhere in Europe, and the solutions adopted in the Nordic countries will be of interest to all policy-makers. The increasing multiculturalism and the shift toward greater market orientation, however, have challenged the traditional Nordic equality policies. The authors argue that a structural and contextual analysis of inequality, also in the field of law, is necessary to encounter the challenge of pluralism."--BOOK JACKET.