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

Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages) Series Gender and Politics Gender and politics. Contents Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: EU Gender Equality Policy-Making -- 1.1 Theorising Actors, Structure and Content -- 1.1.1 Structuration Theory -- 1.1.2 Structuration Theory and EU Gender Equality Policy -- Agency -- The Knowledgeable Agent -- Agency and Actors -- Structure -- Rules, Resources and Routines -- Time and Space -- Content -- 1.1.3 Methods and Methodology21 -- 1.2 The History of EU Gender Equality Policy Actors 1.2.1 Introducing Equal Pay and the Founding of the European Communities1.2.2 Directives for Working Women and the Rise of Social Europe -- 1.2.3 Turning to Equal Opportunities Policy Programmes and the Common Market -- 1.2.4 Adopting Gender Mainstreaming and the Return to Social Policies -- 1.2.5 Retaining the Dual Approach in Times of Crisis -- 1.2.6 Organisation of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Opening the Black Box: The Adoption of the Roadmap over Time -- 2.1 Alienating Gender Equality Programmes 2.1.1 Commission Communicationsâ#x80;#x94;The Formal Process2.1.2 Setting Up the Roadmap Communication in the Commission -- 2.1.3 Commission Outreach: Informal and Formal Procedures -- 2.1.4 Considering Member States Interests -- 2.1.5 The Post-Adoption Policy Process -- 2.2 Rules, Routines and Actor Constellations over Time -- 2.2.1 Rules and Routines over Time -- 2.2.2 Actors over the Course of Time -- 2.2.3 FEMMâ#x80;#x94;Taking over from the European Commission -- 2.3 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Key Documents Documentary Research Chapter 3: (Re)constructing Policy-Making Processes: The Actorsâ#x80;#x99; Perspective3.1 Fertilising the Soilâ#x80;#x94;Confidence Versus Uncertainty During the Initial Period -- 3.1.1 The Role of the Political Leaders -- 3.2 Drafting the Roadmap: A Usual, Modified or Deviant Process? -- 3.2.1 The Suitable Standard Process -- 3.2.2 The Modified Standard Process -- 3.2.3 The Irritating Deviant Process -- 3.2.4 The Crucial Role of the Gender Equality Unit and â#x80;#x98;Wrong Ownershipâ#x80;#x99; -- 3.2.5 The Role of the European Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Lobby and the â#x80;#x98;Closed Doorâ#x80;#x99 3.3 The EP and Member States React to the Adopted Roadmap3.3.1 Struggling with Compromise in the EP -- 3.3.2 The Bounded Member States -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Key Documents Documentary Research -- Chapter 4: Deconstructing Network Voices and Governance Characteristics -- 4.1 Deviating In/formal Policy Networks: Standard Gender Equality Policy Actors Compared to Roadmap Actors -- 4.1.1 EU Gender Equality Policy Actors -- The Commission -- The Parliament -- NGOs -- The Council -- Other Actors Summary An actor-centred sociological study of the EU-level processes that produce gender equality policy. Based on interviews and documentary analysis, it 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 Notes ""4.1.2 Visualised Actor Constellations of the Roadmap Process"" Print version record Subject Sex discrimination -- Government policy -- European Union countries Sex discrimination against women -- European Union countries Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy -- European Union countries Sex discrimination against women Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy Sex discrimination -- Government policy European Union countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137570604 1137570601

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