Gendering the European Union

New Approaches to Old Democratic Deficits
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-29645-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Reihe: Gender and Politics

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abels, G.

Mushaben, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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)