Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe : Politics, Institutions and Intersectionality /
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 gen...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Cham : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Gender and Politics
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50778-1 |
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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 polit |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVII, 282 pages) : illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9783319507781 |
CLC: | F0-09 |
Contents: | 1. Studying the economic crisis in Europe from the perspective of gender and politics; Johanna Kantola and Emanuela Lombardo -- 2. Gender Mainstreaming EU Responses to the Financial Crisis: Institutional fragmentation and epistemic boundaries; Rosalind Cavaghan -- 3. EU institutional responses to mainstreaming in time of crisis: Gendered narrative of austerity; Roberta Guerrina -- 4. Towards Symbolic Policy? Dismantling of the EU Gender Equality Policy; Sophie Jacquot -- 5. The Gendered Attack of the Six Pack : Economic Crisis and its (En)Gendered Trade-offs in the EU; Heather MacRae and Ela |