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Women's citizenship and political rights / edited by Sirkku K. Hellsten, Anne Maria Holli & Krassimira Daskalova.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Women's rights in EuropePublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: xvi, 223 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1403949948
  • 9781403949943
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.082094 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236.5.E85 W643 2006
Contents:
Dilemmas of political participation / Shirin M. Rai -- European citizenship : a political opportunity for women? / Ute Gerhard -- Can feminism survive capitalism? Challenges feminist discourses face in promoting women's rights in post-Soviet Europe / Sirkku K. Hellsten -- Citizenship, civil society and gender mainstreaming : complexities of political transformation in central and eastern Europe / Barbara Einhorn -- 'Gender equality' : on travel metaphors and duties to yield / Hege Skjeie -- Education and European women's citizenship : images of women in Bulgarian history textbooks / Krassimira Daskalova -- Strong together? A comparative study of the impact of the women's movement on policy-making in Finland / Anne Maria Holli -- Transnational and national gender equality politics : the European Union's impact on domestic violence debates in Britain and Finland / Johanna Kantola -- Implementing gender equailty : gender mainstreaming or the gap between theory and practice / Petra Meier -- Good governance and good for business too? Equality and diversity in Britain / Judith Squires.
Summary: "Combining research, theory and practice, pan-European perspectives and the disciplines of human rights, sociology and politics, this book offers a rare insight into the multiplicity of issues surrounding women's equality, citizenship and political rights in transitional Europe and an expanding European Union. From policy-making to civil rights, domestic violence and education, experienced authors present innovative research, analysis and suggestions for the future of women as participants in an evolving Europe."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dilemmas of political participation / Shirin M. Rai -- European citizenship : a political opportunity for women? / Ute Gerhard -- Can feminism survive capitalism? Challenges feminist discourses face in promoting women's rights in post-Soviet Europe / Sirkku K. Hellsten -- Citizenship, civil society and gender mainstreaming : complexities of political transformation in central and eastern Europe / Barbara Einhorn -- 'Gender equality' : on travel metaphors and duties to yield / Hege Skjeie -- Education and European women's citizenship : images of women in Bulgarian history textbooks / Krassimira Daskalova -- Strong together? A comparative study of the impact of the women's movement on policy-making in Finland / Anne Maria Holli -- Transnational and national gender equality politics : the European Union's impact on domestic violence debates in Britain and Finland / Johanna Kantola -- Implementing gender equailty : gender mainstreaming or the gap between theory and practice / Petra Meier -- Good governance and good for business too? Equality and diversity in Britain / Judith Squires.

"Combining research, theory and practice, pan-European perspectives and the disciplines of human rights, sociology and politics, this book offers a rare insight into the multiplicity of issues surrounding women's equality, citizenship and political rights in transitional Europe and an expanding European Union. From policy-making to civil rights, domestic violence and education, experienced authors present innovative research, analysis and suggestions for the future of women as participants in an evolving Europe."--Publisher description.

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