Multiple meanings of gender equality [[electronic resource] ] : a critical frame analysis of gender policies in Europe / / edited by Mieke Verloo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777404703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; Budapest, : CEU Press, c2007
• ISBN: 9786155211393; 978-6-15521-139-3; 615-5211-39-6; 1-281-37682-5; 9786611376826; 1-4356-0371-0
• Edizione: [English ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ii, 311 p
• Collana: CPS books
• Classificazione: 02.60
• Altri autori (Persone): VerlooMieke <1950->
• Disciplina: 305.42094
• Soggetti: Sex discrimination against women - Europe; Sex discrimination against women - Government policy - Europe
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part one Mapping Theory, Methodology, and the European Context -- Contested Gender Equality and Policy Variety in Europe: Introducing a Critical Frame Analysis Approach -- European Union Gender Policy Since Beijing: Shifting Concepts and Agendas -- Part two Comparing Gender Equalities -- Taming the Male Sovereign? Framing Gender Inequality in Politics in the European Union and the Member States -- The Pregnant Worker and Caring Mother: Framing Family Policies across Europe -- Domestic Violence: A Public Matter -- Part three Focused Chapters -- What’s the Problem with Prostitution? Prostitution Politics in Austria and Slovenia since the 1990s A Comparison of Frames -- Overcoming Brides and Grooms The Representation of Lesbian and Gay Rights in Spain -- Where Did Gender Disappear? Anti-discrimination Policy in the EU Accession Process in Hungary -- A Closer Look at the Intersection of Gender Equality and Migration in the Netherlands (1995–2005) -- Part four Looking Forward -- Conclusions on Framing Gender Inequality as ; a Policy Problem in Europe -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book aims to map the diversity of meanings of gender equality across Europe and reflects on the contested concept of gender equality. In its exploration of the diverse meanings of gender equality it not only takes into account the existence of different visions of gender equality, and the way in which different political and theoretical debates crosscut these visions, but also reflects upon the geographical contexts in which visions and debates over gender equality are located. The contextual locations where these visions and debates take place include the European Union and member states such as Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece, and Spain. In all of these settings, the different meanings of gender equality are explored comparatively in relation to the issues of family policies, domestic violence, and gender inequality in politics, while specific national contexts discuss the issues of prostitution (Austria, Slovenia), migration (the Netherlands), homosexual rights (Spain), and antidiscrimination (Hungary). The multiple meanings of gender equality are studied through Critical Frame Analysis, a methodology that builds on social movement theory and that was refined further with elements of gender and political theory within the context of the MAGEEQ research project