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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450396803321

Autore

Rees Teresa L.

Titolo

Mainstreaming equality in the European Union : education, training and labour market policies / / Teresa Rees

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-82093-3

0-203-01004-3

1-280-46352-X

9786610463527

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 260p.)

Disciplina

331.4/094

Soggetti

Women - Employment - European Union countries

Manpower policy - European Union countries

Occupational training for women - European Union countries

Sex discrimination in employment - European Union countries

Labor market - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction 2. The context 3. Conceptualising equal opportunities 4. The European Union and equal opportunities 5. Key issues in women's education and training in the UK 6. Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies 7. EC community action programmes on education and training 8. The European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI 9. Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers 10. Mainstreaming equality

Sommario/riassunto

Teresa Rees has been a consultant to the European Commission on equal opportunities and training policies since 1992. With this volume, she examines the potential role of the EU in breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force.