Women's Citizenship And Political Rights

This book attempts to answer these burning questions by bringing together work from experts across Europe. The book addresses particularly East-West relations within European politics as well as theoretical feminist approaches and practical, women's rights promotion. It examines the effect of post-Soviet politics on women's rights, equality discourses and the influence of the European Union on gender mainstreaming. The book outlines the current state of political participation and the role of citizenship in Europe in relation to protection of women's rights as human rights in an era of far-reaching political and ideological changes and the globalization of the economy in Europe. Book jacket.

List of Tables

vii

Foreword

viii

Yakin Ertürk

Acknowledgements

x

Notes on the Contributors

xii

List of Abbreviations

xv

Introduction

1

(12)

Sirkku K. Hellsten, Anne Maria Holli and Krassimira Daskalova

Part I Theoretical Feminist Perspectives

13

(92)

1. Dilemmas of Political Participation

15

(22)

Shirin M. Rai

2. European Citizenship: A Political Opportunity for Women?

37

(16)

Ute Gerhard

3. Can Feminism Survive Capitalism? Challenges Feminist Discourses Face in Promoting Women's Rights in Post-Soviet Europe

53

(14)

Sirkku K. Hellsten

4. Citizenship, Civil Society and Gender Mainstreaming: Complexities of Political Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe

67

(19)

Barbara Einhorn

5. 'Gender Equality': On Travel Metaphors and Duties to Yield

86

(21)

Hege Skjeie

Part II Applying New Insights to Old Problems

105

(112)

6. Education and European Women's Citizenship: Images of Women in Bulgarian History Textbooks

107

(20)

Krassimira Daskalova

7. Strong Together? A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Women's Movement on Policy-Making in Finland

127

(27)

Anne Maria Holli

8. Transnational and National Gender Equality Politics: The European Union's Impact on Domestic Violence Debates in Britain and Finland

154

(25)

Johanna Kantola

9. Implementing Gender Equality: Gender Mainstreaming or the Gap between Theory and Practice

179

(20)

Petra Meier

10. Good Governance and Good for Business Too? Equality and Diversity in Britain

199

(18)

Judith Squires

Index

217

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