Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs
Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs

Author: Petra Ahrens

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1137570601

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This book is an actor-centred sociological study of the EU-level processes that produce gender equality policy. Based on interviews and documentary analysis, the study unpacks the process of the “Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010” to explain the different roles of actors in the making of EU gender equality policies. By analysing policy processes inside institutions and among institutions, the study focuses on the internal working logics in and between EU-level institutions. It highlights the shifting spaces, openings, and constraints for the development of gender equality policies. Concentrating on EU policy programmes helps shed light on the invisible aspects of EU gender equality policy-making and how this process changed regarding actors, structure and content in the late 2000s. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of EU politics, gender politics, and public policy, as well as to institutional and non-governmental actors in the area of gender politics in Europe and the working of EU politics.

Gendering the European Parliament
Gendering the European Parliament

Author: Petra Ahrens

Publisher: ECPR Press

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781538156865

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This book provides a multi-faceted innovative analysis of the European Parliament by studying it comprehensively from a gender perspective, addressing changes and continuities.

Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe
Gender and Far Right Politics in Europe

Author: Michaela Köttig

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-20

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 3319435337

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This book is a systematic consideration of the link between the extreme right and the discourse about developments in regard to gender issues within different national states. The contributors analyze right-wing extremist tendencies in Europe under the specific perspective on gender. The volume brings together the few existing findings concerning the quantitative dimension of activities carried out by men and women in different countries, and illuminates and juxtaposes gender ratios along with the role of women in right-wing extremism. Along with the gender-specific access to right-wing groups, the chapters look at networks, organizational forms, specific strategies of female right-wing extremists, their ideologies (especially regarding femininity and masculinity), hetero normativity, discourses on sexuality, and preventive and counter-strategies. The book will be of use to students and scholars interested in gender and politics, European politics, and political extremism.

Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe
Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe

Author: Mieke Verloo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-03-09

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1317232917

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In contrast to the wealth of studies on progress towards gender equality, opposition to gender equality is rarely studied, which makes it difficult to understand the positive and negative dynamics of gender equality as a political project. The first of its kind, this timely collection examines the potential and challenges of our current scholarship on understanding opposition to gender+ equality in Europe. Divided into three parts, Mieke Verloo and her team of international experts begin Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe by theorizing the dynamics of opposition to gender equality policies in Europe. Part Two highlights oppositional actors (politicians, governments, citizens, policy makers, churches) and political arenas (parliament, courts, Internet), as well as different and opposing visions of gender+ equality. Part Three concludes with a framework for understanding oppositional dynamics on gender equality change. Setting the agenda for future research, this book will be useful for students of gender and politics, social movements, European integration, and policy studies, as well as for high-level policymakers, students, and feminist activists alike. It will be an inspiration to thinkers and doers and to scholars and political actors.

The Principles of Gender-Sensitive Parliaments
The Principles of Gender-Sensitive Parliaments

Author: Lena Wängnerud

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-04-10

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1317623053

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Gender serves as a lens that makes visible important issues in the field of representation: Whom do elected politicians represent? What is at stake in the parliamentary process? What do we know about the interplay between parliaments and the everyday lives of citizens? It is widely understood that women’s presence in government matters but we need to understand the conditions under which it matters more clearly. Using Sweden as a case study, a country where the number of women elected to the national parliament has steadily risen since the 1970s, Lena Wängnerud presents a novel approach on which characteristics inside a parliament help translate physical representation into substantive representation for women. Using three guiding principles: (i) the implementation of equal opportunities for women and men to influence internal parliamentary working procedures; (ii) the creation of room for women’s interests and concerns on the political agenda; and (iii) the production of gender-sensitive legislation, Wängnerud shows what are the necessary conditions for women’s needs, interests, and concerns to be adequately integrated into parliamentary processes. The Principles of Gender-Sensitive Parliaments book adds fuel to all these classical debates within the field of political representation and will bring attention to a wider audience on why electing women matters.

Strategy for Equality Between Women and Men, 2010-2015
Strategy for Equality Between Women and Men, 2010-2015

Author:

Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Recoge: 1. Equal economic independence - 2. Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value - 3. Equality in decision-making - 4. Dignity, integrity and an end to gender-based violence - 5. Gender equality in external actions - 6. Horizontal issues.

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics

Author: Gabriele Abels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-17

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 1351049933

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This Handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU politics, giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the sub- discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender) scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU. In investigating the gendered nature of European integration and gender relations in the EU as a political system, it summarizes and assesses the research on gender and the EU to this point in time, identifies existing research gaps in gender and EU studies and addresses directions for future research. Distinguished contributors from the US, the UK and continental Europe, and from across disciplines from political science, sociology, economics and law, expertly inform about gender approaches and summarize the state of the art in gender and EU studies. The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics provides an essential and authoritative source of information for students, scholars and researchers in EU studies/ politics, gender studies/ politics, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, political and gender sociology, political economy, European and legal studies/ law.

Negotiating Gender and Diversity in an Emergent European Public Sphere
Negotiating Gender and Diversity in an Emergent European Public Sphere

Author: B. Siim

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-12-15

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 113729129X

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The book analyses intersections between gender and diversity through cross-national studies of European public spheres. The approach confronts research on European democracy and the public sphere with gender and diversity research and reflections about European equality and diversity issues are based on new research from a large-scale EU project.