Gender and the European Union
By: Johanna Kantola
Series: The European Union series; European Union series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingtoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780230542327; 9780230542334
Subjects: Equality; Membership; Sex role; European Union; Political activity; Women
Description: "This broad ranging new text provides a systematic assessment of the emergence of gender as a significant issue on the EU agenda and of the EU's impact on gender inequality, both in terms of specifically gender-related policies and the gender dimensions of other policies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing gender and the European Union; title: The history of gender in the European Union; title: Gendering political representation in the European Union; title: Policy-making processes, actors and institutions in the EU from a gender perspective; title: The EU gender policy: reconciling work and family; title: Gender mainstreaming in EU policy-making; title: Gender violence in the European Union; title: 'Tackling multiple discrimination': gender and intersecting inequalities; title: Gendering Europeanization in the enlarged Union; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Women's policy agencies in the EU.