LEADER 03856oam 2200469 450 001 9910155399203321 005 20190911120325.0 010 $a3-319-41513-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-41513-0 035 $a(OCoLC)1029498247 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL85KN 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000974711 100 $a20161005h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aGender and family in European economic policy $edevelopments in the new millennium /$fDiana Auth, Jutta Hergenhan, Barbara Holland-Cunz, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$a[Cham, Switzerland] :$cPalgrave Macimillan,$d[2017] 210 4$d?2017 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a3-319-41512-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $a1. Introduction: Re-Thinking Gender Equality since the Turn of the Millennium -- 2. Can We Call it a Revolution? Women, the Labor Market, and European Policy -- 3. Symbolic Policymaking for Gender Equality: Comparing the Use of Quotas for Civil Services and Corporate Boards in France and Germany -- 4. Overcoming the Gender Pay Gap: Equal Pay Policies Implementation in France and the United Kingdom -- 5. Equal Pay by Gender and by Nationality: A Comparative Analysis of Switzerland?s Unequal Equal Pay Policy Regimes across Time -- 6. Reconciliation of Employment and Childcare in Austria, Germany, and Iceland: Examples for Gender Equality in Family Life? -- 7. From Implicit to Explicit Familialism: Post-1989 Family Policy Reforms in Poland -- 8. Social Investment or Gender Equality? Aims, Instruments and Outcomes of Parental Leave Regulations in Germany and Sweden.-9. The French Parity Law: A Successful Gender Equality Measure or a ?Conservative Revolution?? -- 10. Political Representation of Women in Europe: What Accounts for the Increase in the 2000s? -- 11. Successes and Failures of Electoral Gender Quotas in a Global Perspective -- 12. Targeted Measures versus Change of Political Culture: How can Gender Equality Best be Achieved?. 330 $aThis collection explores how pioneering gender equality policies have shaped women's economic presence in Europe since 2000. Equal pay policies, parental leave reforms, corporate quotas and electoral quotas have raised pressing questions about the effectiveness in promoting equal participation, as researchers quote both quantitative improvement in gender diversity and qualitative lag in cultural change. The chapters in this book present interlocking cross-national and cross-policy comparisons of the three most controversial reforms: equal pay, parental leave, and quotas for political representatives. The contributors address the cultural context in which reforms arose, internally contradictory policies, and the relative effectiveness of fast-track quotas and incentives compared to long-term efforts to change the overall culture of gender. This critical examination of the new millennium's groundbreaking gender policies will appeal to academics and practitioners interested in the progress of gender equality in the economic, political, and social welfare fields. 606 $aEquality$zEurope$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aEurope$xEconomic policy$y21st century 607 $aEurope$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 615 0$aEquality$xHistory 676 $a338.9 702 $aAuth$b Diana 702 $aHergenhan$b Jutta 702 $aHolland-Cunz$b Barbara$f1957- 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155399203321 996 $aGender and Family in European Economic Policy$92242523 997 $aUNINA