Gendering the European Union (eBook, PDF)

New Approaches to Old Democratic Deficits
Redaktion: Abels, G.; Mushaben, J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens. This book looks at integration theories, institutional relationships, enlargement, the development of gender law and the role of formal actors, scholars and expert networks in the EU policy-making process. With a focus on gender mainstreaming as a new approach to gender policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 279
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230353299
• Artikelnr.: 45972223

Autorenporträt

GABRIELE ABELS Professor of Comparative Politics and European Integration at the Department of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, Germany SARA CLAVERO Senior Research Fellow at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy at Queen's University Belfast, UK YVONNE GALLIGAN Professor of Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast, UK AGNÈS HUBERT Official of the European Commission. ANNICA KRONSELL Associate Professor of Political Science at Lund University, Sweden BIRGIT LOCHER Professor of International Relations and Gender Studies at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, Germany JOYCE MARIE MUSHABEN Professor of Comparative Politics and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA ELISABETH PRÜGL Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland MARIA STRATIGAKI Assistant Professor and Director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the Department of Social Policy, Panteion University, Greece ANNA VAN DER VLEUTEN Associate Professor of European Integration at the Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands ALISON E. WOODWARD Research Professor at the Institute of European Studies and co-director of the Center for Gender Studies and Diversity Research at the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Belgium)

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements List of Tables, Figures and Boxes List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Introduction: Studying the European Union from a Gender Perspective; G.Abels & J.M.Mushaben PART I: GENDERING PERSPECTIVES AND EU PROCESSES Gendering Theories of European Integration; A.Kronsell Gendering the Institutions and Actors of the EU; A.van der Vleuten Gendering the EU Policy Process and Constructing the Gender Acquis; B.Locher From Equal Treatment to Gender Mainstreaming and Diversity Management; A.E.Woodward Gendering Enlargement of the European Union; Y.Galligan & S.Clavero PART II: MELIORATING OLD AND NEW EU POLICY DEFICITS AND BLIND SPOTS The Common Agricultural Policy and Gender Equality; E.Prügl Gendering Employment Policy: From Equal Pay to Work-life Balance; A.Hubert Gendering the Social Policy Agenda: Anti-discrimination, Social Inclusion and Social Protection; M.Stratigaki Research by, for and about Women: Gendering Science and Research Policy; G.Abels Women on the Move: EU Migration and Citizenship Policy; J.M.Mushaben Conclusion: Rethinking the Double Democratic Deficit of the EU; J.M.Mushaben & G.Abels References Index

Rezensionen

Juli Simon Thomas of University of California- Los Angeles, USA provides an insightful review of 'Gendering the European Union' for the Reviews and Critical Commentary section of The Council for European Studies. Read the full review at the link below:

http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/critcom/gendering-the-european-union/