One of the solutions proposed by the European Union to remedy the effects of the 2008 economic crisis is to increase female labour participation. This book explores the policy changes in four new member states that may reduce the gender employment gap and improve women's equal participation in the labour force.
One of the solutions proposed by the European Union to remedy the effects of the 2008 economic crisis is to increase female labour participation. This...
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach - feminist institutionalism - in order to answer crucial questions about power inequalities, mechanisms of continuity, and the gendered limits of change.
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gend...
In a context of economic and budgetary crisis, this book presents a long-term analysis of the transformations of EU gender equality. It analyses the mechanisms of construction, consolidation and deconstruction of this policy and questions the effects of its current dismantling.
In a context of economic and budgetary crisis, this book presents a long-term analysis of the transformations of EU gender equality. It analyses the m...
Drawing together analytical work on feminist knowledge transfer with experiences grounded in the practice of gender training and gender expertise, this book brings a primarily practice-based debate into the academic arena, aiming to further the transformation of gendered power relations in pursuit of more equal societies, workplaces, and policies.
Drawing together analytical work on feminist knowledge transfer with experiences grounded in the practice of gender training and gender expertise, ...
This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions and processes of the EU and their consequences for gender equality policy. Secondly, the book analyses the gendered impacts of austerity politics on member states' gender equality policies, institutions, regimes, and debates. Finally, it addresses feminist and intersectional struggles and resistances against neoliberal, conservative and racist politics across Europe. The authors consider the gendered...
This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political...
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.
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 a...
This book argues that the primary political obstacle holding women back in the twenty-first century is a bait and switch promising but simultaneously undercutting gender equality.
This book argues that the primary political obstacle holding women back in the twenty-first century is a bait and switch promising but simultaneously ...
This volume brings together leading gender and politics scholars to assess how women's political empowerment can best be conceptualized and measured on a global scale.
This volume brings together leading gender and politics scholars to assess how women's political empowerment can best be conceptualized and measured o...
This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the region.
This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held...
This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women's political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women's right to vote and women's right to run for political office.
This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women's political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women's right...
