| Description |
1 online resource (329 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Gender and Diversity Studies; Content; Foreword: Diversity and Transnational Exchange (Ilse Lenz); Introduction: Gender and Diversity Studies -- European perspectives (Ingrid Jungwirth); Equal Opportunities and Law; EU Gender Equality Policies in Times of Crisis: different instruments, different actors, different outcomes (Petra Ahrens, Anna van der Vleuten); Opening Doors: how the German General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) advances racial equality (Doris Liebscher); Gender Equality in the UK Public Sector: is reflexive legislation the way forward? (Hazel Conley) |
|
A Case of Collateral Damage: widows of religious weddings in Turkey (Hülya Şimga, Zeynep Oya Usal)The Parity Law: Tunisian women's next battle (Amel Grami); Gender and Diversity Studies:; From Discovery to Politicization: the trajectory of Russian gender studies (Anna Temkina, Elena Zdravomyslova); At the Intersection of Gender and Racism: critical whiteness as a method of hegemonic self-reflection (Martina Tißberger); Social Justice Training: a dialogic approach to diversity education (Heike Weinbach); Transdisciplinarity with 'Science & Fiction' (Dagmar Vinz) |
|
Unlearning Discrimination: experiences with the antibias approach in adult-education in Germany (Constanze Schwärzer-Dutta)Changing Social Inequalities; The Business Case for Diversity: Europe 2020, the economic approach and antidiscrimination policies (Peter Streckeisen); Work and Organizations; Boundaries that Matter: workforce diversity in the STEM field in Germany (Ingrid Jungwirth); Female Physicians in the Medical Profession: a case study in a German hospital (Sarah Vader); Leadership and Cultural Identity (Victoria Showunmi); Contributors; Index; U4 |
| Summary |
What concepts of 'gender' and 'diversity' emerge in the different regions and pertinent research and practical fields? On the back drop of current European developments - from the deregulation of economy, a shrinking welfare state to the dissolution and reinforcement of borders - the book examines the development of Gender and Diversity Studies in different European regions as well as beyond and focuses on central fields of theoretical reflection, empirical research and practical implementation policies and politics |
| Analysis |
Anti-Discrimination Politics in the EU |
|
Higher Education and the Sciences |
|
Institutionalization of Gender and Diversity Studies |
|
Intersectionality |
|
Social Movements and Politics |
|
Work and Organizations |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex discrimination -- Europe
|
|
Sex discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Europe
|
|
Diversity in the workplace -- Europe
|
|
Cultural pluralism -- Europe
|
|
Cultural pluralism -- Law and legislation -- Europe
|
|
Social Science -- Gender Studies.
|
|
Cultural pluralism
|
|
Diversity in the workplace
|
|
Sex discrimination
|
|
Sex discrimination -- Law and legislation
|
|
Europe
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Jungwirth, Ingrid, editor.
|
|
Bauschke-Urban, Carola, editor.
|
| ISBN |
9783847409489 |
|
3847409484 |
|
