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"This broad ranging new text provides a systematic assessment of the emergence of gender as a significant issue on the EU agenda and of the EU's impact on gender inequality, both in terms of specifically gender-related policies and the gender dimensions of other policies"--

Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- European Union --- Equality --- Sex discrimination --- Women's rights --- Sex role --- Women --- Political activity --- #SBIB:327.7H200 --- #SBIB:316.346H24 --- Europese Unie: algemeen --- Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: politiek --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- E.U. --- Membership. --- Equality - European Union countries --- Sex discrimination - European Union countries --- Women's rights - European Union countries --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles

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By the mid 1990s, most western states, responding to the challenge of women's movements, had developed 'state feminism': institutions and policy measures to achieve gender equality. These developments have since been challenged by major political changes over the last decade, such as the increasing importance of the European Union and the United Nations, regionalization and decentralization, reforms of the welfare state and government and the introduction of gender mainstreaming. Women's policy institutions were also confronted with increasing diversity amongst women and amongst women's movements. This book analyses how these institutions in twelve western democracies have responded to the changes: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States. Were they able to maintain or enhance their roles or were they downsized? What was their relationship with women's movements groups? And why did some fare well and others lose out over the last decade?

Feminist theory. --- Feminism --- #SBIB:316.346H20 --- Emancipation of women --- Feminist movement --- Women --- Women's lib --- Women's liberation --- Women's liberation movement --- Women's movement --- Social movements --- Anti-feminism --- Feminist philosophy --- Feminist sociology --- Theory of feminism --- Government policy. --- Cross-cultural studies. --- Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: algemeen --- Emancipation --- Philosophy --- Feminist theory --- Cross-cultural studies --- Government policy

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This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions and processes of the EU and their consequences for gender equality policy. Secondly, the book analyses the gendered impacts of austerity politics on member states’ gender equality policies, institutions, regimes, and debates. Finally, it addresses feminist and intersectional struggles and resistances against neoliberal, conservative and racist politics across Europe. The authors consider the gendered politics of the economic crisis from a variety of feminist approaches, shedding new light on the concept of the crisis and on questions of politics, institutions and intersectionality. The case studies included refer to different parts of Europe, from North to South and from East to West, capturing the multifaceted gendered impacts of the crisis. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, international relations, gender studies, economics, law, sociology, social policy, and European studies

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Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Community organization --- Social policy --- Feminism --- Equal opportunities --- Government policy --- Women's movements --- Book --- Equal opportunity policies --- Great Britain --- Germany --- Austria --- France --- Italy --- Spain --- Finland --- Sweden --- Netherlands --- Belgium --- Europe --- United States of America --- Australia

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This open access book provides the first ever authoritative collection of scholarly insights, based upon original research, into the political groups of the EP tackling the fundamental changes since the Lisbon Treaty and the upsurge of radical right parties. It analyses political groups and their importance from multiple perspectives critically assessing their role and significance in EU politics. Each chapter is authored by leading scholars in the field, working on key topics in relation to political groups: political group formation and function, their role in parliamentary and EU policy-making, the way that Eurosceptic MEPs influence (or not) the Parliament, and the nature and form of interactions with external actors. In doing so, each chapter opens hitherto unexplored ‘black boxes’ in the political work of the EP, such as the internal practices of, and power relations within the political groups, and informal arenas of intra-group decision-making. Petra Ahrens is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Science, Tampere University, Finland. Anna Elomäki is Senior Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. Johanna Kantola is Professor of Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland. .

Politics & government --- Political structure & processes --- European Union Politics --- European Parliament --- Homogenous --- Policy-Making --- Democracy --- Organization --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Executive power. --- Identity politics. --- European Politics. --- Executive Politics. --- Politics and Gender. --- Identity (Psychology) --- Politics of identity --- Political participation --- Emergency powers --- Power, Executive --- Presidents --- Political science --- Implied powers (Constitutional law) --- Separation of powers --- Political aspects --- Powers