Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union: Education, Training and Labour Market Policies

ISBN-13: 9780415115346 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 280 str.

Teresa Rees

Opis

This volume provides a critical overview and evaluation of the potential role of the EU in perpetuating or breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force. Drawing on feminist theoretical frameworks, the author assesses equal opportunities policies and the role of training in the labour market. The same economic imperatives which put women's training on the agenda have heightened interest in designing training which attracts women into mainstream provision. This book addresses the need for academics, education and training providers, as well as policymakers to be aware of thinking at EU level on training policy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The context 3. Conceptualising equal opportunities 4. The European Union and equal opportunities 5. Key issues in women's education and training in the UK 6. Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies 7. EC community action programmes on education and training 8. The European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI 9. Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers 10. Mainstreaming equality

O autorze

Teresa Rees is Professor of Labour Market Studies, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.