Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union : : Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion / / ed. by Silke Roth.

In May 2004, after bringing their legislation into accordance with EU regulations, ten more countries joined the European Union. The contributors to this volume assess the impact of this historical development on gender relations in the new and old EU member states. Instead of focusing on either wes...

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction GENDER POLITICS IN THE EXPANDING EUROPEAN UNION Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion
  • Part I Broadening Gender Equality Policies: The Role of the EU
  • 1 THE EU AND ENLARGEMENT Conceptualizing Beyond “East” and “West”
  • 2 TOWARD THE EUROPEANIZATION OF WORK-FAMILY POLICIES? The Impact of the EU on Policies for Working Parents
  • 3 VIOLENCE AT WORK? Framing Sexual Harassment in the European Union
  • Part II The EU Accession Process: Six Case Studies from West and East
  • 4 IRISH WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS IN AN ENLARGED EUROPE
  • 5 SPAIN AT THE VANGUARD IN EUROPEAN GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES
  • 6 FROM “STRANGE SISTERS” TO “EUROPE’S DAUGHTERS”? European Enlargement as a Chance for Women’s Movements in East and West Germany
  • 7 WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? EU Enlargement and Women’s Public Discourse in Poland
  • 8 THE IMPACT OF EU ACCESSION ON THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
  • 9 THE IMPACT OF EU ACCESSION ON GENDER EQUALITY IN HUNGARY
  • Part III Inclusion and Exclusion in EU Equality Politics
  • 10 PREPARING FOR EU MEMBERSHIP Gender Policies in Turkey
  • 11 GENDER AND ETHNIC MINORITY CLAIMS IN SWEDISH AND EU FRAMES Sites of Multilevel Political Opportunities and Boundary Making
  • 12 FRAMING EQUALITY The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in the US, Germany, and the Expanding European Union
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX