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Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality

Verloo, Mieke

2007

Overview

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

• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press,Central European University Press,CEU Press
• Subject: Active / CEU Press / Europe / Gender and Queer Studies / Gender Studies / Government policy / Niet accessible / Policy and Governance Studies / Sex discrimination against women / Sex discrimination against women -- Europe / Sex discrimination against women -- Government policy -- Europe / Social and Political Sciences / Social groups / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies / Sociology
• ISBN: 9789639776081, 9639776084, 9786155211393, 6155211396