LEADER 03702oam 22006014a 450 001 9910477181803321 005 20250709190827.0 010 $a9781438455938 010 $a1438455933 035 $a(CKB)3710000000399766 035 $a(EBL)3409028 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001460706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12477912 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11468383 035 $a(PQKB)10440031 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3409028 035 $a(OCoLC)907641255 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse98739 035 $a(ScCtBLL)a94f0819-c90e-42d8-87d2-2dc3fe0409f8 035 $a(Perlego)2671848 035 $a(oapen)doab30760 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000399766 100 $a20140602d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefending women's rights in Europe $egender equality and EU enlargement /$fOlga A. Avdeyeva 210 $cState University of New York Press$d2015 210 1$aAlbany :$cSUNY Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ[2015] 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aSUNY Press Open Access 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781438455914 311 08$a1438455917 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments -- Eu enlargement, accession conditionality, and gender equality : theoretical departures and research design -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Exploring the data -- Case studies : international and domestic dimensions -- Introduction to qualitative analysis -- Poland : political swings and challenged compliance -- Czech Republic : state cooptation of reforms and marginal compliance -- Lithuania : policy emulation and strong compliance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendices -- List of interviews -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aBetween 2004 and 2007, ten post-communist Eastern European states became members of the European Union (EU). To do so, these nations had to meet certain EU accession requirements, including antidiscrimination reforms. While attaining EU membership was an incredible achievement, many scholars and experts doubted the sustainability of accession-linked reforms. Would these nations comply with EU directives on gender equality? To explore this question, Defending Women's Rights in Europe presents a unique analysis of detailed original comparative data on state compliance with EU gender equality requirements. It features a comprehensive quantitative analysis combined with rigorous insightful case studies of reforms in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. Olga A. Avdeyeva reveals that policy and institutional reforms developed furthest in those states where women's advocacy NGOs managed to form coalitions with governing political parties. After becoming members of the EU, the governments did not abolish these policies and institutions despite the costs and lack of popular support. Reputational concerns prevented state elites from policy dismantling, but gender equality policies and institutions became marginalized on the state agenda after accession. -- Amazon.com. 606 $aSex discrimination against women$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aWomen's rights$zEuropean Union countries 615 0$aSex discrimination against women 615 0$aWomen's rights 676 $a305.42094 700 $aAvdeyeva$b Olga A.$f1976-$0960929 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910477181803321 996 $aDefending Women's Rights in Europe$92178408 997 $aUNINA