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1 online resource (x, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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ACLS Humanities E-book |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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Introduction: gender politics in the expanding European Union. Mobilization, inclusion, exclusion. / Silke Roth -- The EU and enlargement: conceptualizing beyond "east" and "west" / Angelika von Wahl -- Toward the Europeanization of work-family policies? The impact of the EU on policies for working parents / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Violence at work? Framing sexual harassment in the European Union / Kathrin Zippel -- Irish women's organizations in an enlarged Europe / Pauline P. Cullen -- Spain at the vanguard in European gender equality policies / Celia Valiente -- From "strange sisters" to "Europe's daughters"? European enlargement as a chance for women's movements in East and West Germany / Ingrid Miethe -- Will it make a difference? EU enlargement and women's public discourse in Poland / Joanna Regulska and Magda Grabowska -- The impact of EU accession on the promotion of women and gender equality in the Czech Republic / Hana Hašková and Alena Křížková -- The impact of EU accession on gender equality in Hungary / Noémi Kakucs and Andrea Pető -- Preparing for EU membership: gender policies in Turkey / Gül Marshall-Aldikaçti -- Gender and ethnic minority claims in Swedish and EU frames: sites of multilevel political opportunities and boundary making / Zenia Hellgren and Barbara Hobson -- Framing equality: the politics of race, class, and gender in the US, Germany, and the expanding European Union / Myra Marx Ferree |
| Summary |
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 vol |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Women -- European Union countries -- Social conditions
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Women's rights -- European Union countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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Genre.
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Egalité des chances.
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Participation des femmes.
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UE/CE Union européenne.
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UE/CE Elargissement.
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Etudes de cas.
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Analyse comparative.
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UE/CE Etats membres.
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women's rights
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Erweiterung
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Geschlechterpolitik
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European Union countries
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Europäische Union.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Roth, Silke, editor.
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| LC no. |
2008020321 |
| ISBN |
9780857450708 |
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0857450700 |
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1282627058 |
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9781282627055 |
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9786612627057 |
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6612627050 |
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1845455169 |
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9781845455163 |
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