Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union: Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion

Published by Berghahn Books 2008

Gender Politics in the Expanding European Union

Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion

Edited by: Silke Roth

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857450708

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About this book

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 western or eastern Europe, this book investigates the similarities and differences in diverse parts of Europe. Although initially limited, gender equality was part of the original framework of the European Union, an organization often more open than national governments to feminist demands, as this volume illustrates with case studies from eastern and western Europe. The enlargement process thus provides some important policy instruments for increasing equality between men and women.

Author / Editor information

Silke Roth obtained her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Connecticut. From 2000 until 2005 she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is now Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK. Her publications include Building Movement Bridges: The Coalition of Labor Union Women. (Praeger 2003; honorable mention of the Collective Behavior/Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association 2005); “Sisterhood and Solidarity? Organizing for Gender Issues and Women’s Equality in the Enlarged European Union,” in Social Politics.

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“By assembling an impressive series of case studies that analyze gender policies in the context of the EU as a supranational policy making institution from the perspectives of both old and new member states, Roth enriches our understanding of gender equality politics.” · Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction GENDER POLITICS IN THE EXPANDING EUROPEAN UNION Mobilization, Inclusion, Exclusion Silke Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Broadening Gender Equality Policies: The Role of the EU
1 THE EU AND ENLARGEMENT Conceptualizing Beyond “East” and “West” Angelika von Wahl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 TOWARD THE EUROPEANIZATION OF WORK-FAMILY POLICIES? The Impact of the EU on Policies for Working Parents Kimberly J. Morgan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 VIOLENCE AT WORK? Framing Sexual Harassment in the European Union Kathrin Zippel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
Part II The EU Accession Process: Six Case Studies from West and East
4 IRISH WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS IN AN ENLARGED EUROPE Pauline P. Cullen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5 SPAIN AT THE VANGUARD IN EUROPEAN GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES Celia Valiente Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6 FROM “STRANGE SISTERS” TO “EUROPE’S DAUGHTERS”? European Enlargement as a Chance for Women’s Movements in East and West Germany Ingrid Miethe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
7 WILL IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? EU Enlargement and Women’s Public Discourse in Poland Joanna Regulska and Magda Grabowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8 THE IMPACT OF EU ACCESSION ON THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Hana Hašková and Alena Křížková Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 THE IMPACT OF EU ACCESSION ON GENDER EQUALITY IN HUNGARY Noémi Kakucs and Andrea Pető Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Part III Inclusion and Exclusion in EU Equality Politics
10 PREPARING FOR EU MEMBERSHIP Gender Policies in Turkey Gül Aldıkaçtı-Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
11 GENDER AND ETHNIC MINORITY CLAIMS IN SWEDISH AND EU FRAMES Sites of Multilevel Political Opportunities and Boundary Making Zenia Hellgren and Barbara Hobson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
12 FRAMING EQUALITY The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in the US, Germany, and the Expanding European Union Myra Marx Ferree Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 284
Keywords: Gender Studies and Sexuality; Political and Economic Anthropology

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Published: September 1, 2008
ISBN: 9780857450708