The first sourcebook on women in Europe, The European Women's Almanac is a handy and easy-to-use compilation of information on women's rights and status and how they live in a continent that stretches from Iceland in the north to Malta in the south, from Portugal in the west to Bulgaria in the east. A central aim of this essential guide is to present not the promises of where women ought to be but the facts of where they are. How do women in twenty-six countries fare in education and employment? What are their legal rights? What health care are they offered? Arranged alphabetically by...

An analysis of the 2009 European elections in each of the 27 member states of the newly enlarged European Union, and assessment of the European Parliament in 2004-2009. This book looks at the implications of low turnout for the future of European Union democracy and accountability.