Varieties of opposition to gender equality in Europe / edited by Mieke Verloo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Verloo, Mieke, 1950- editor.

Series:

Gender and comparative politics ; 4.

Gender and comparative politics ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Sex discrimination against women--Government policy.

Sex discrimination against women.

Europe.

Sex discrimination against women--Europe.

Sex discrimination against women--Government policy--Europe.

Feminism--Europe.

Feminism.

Equality--Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Contents:

Part 1. Conceptualizing Opposition and Oppositional Dynamics. Introduction : Dynamics of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe / Mieke Verloo

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly : Making Sense of Opposition to Feminisms from a Social-Movement Perspective / Conny Roggeband

Understanding the Dynamics of Opposition to Gender-Equality Change : Lessons from and for Social Complexity Theory / Mieke Verloo

Part 2. Varieties of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe. Patriarchy Fights Back : Violent Opposition to Gender Equality in Online Contexts / Sofia Strid

Indirect Opposition : Diffuse Barriers to Gender+ Equality in the European Union / Petra Ahrens

Contesting Gender Equality in Domestic-Violence Policy Debates : Comparing Three Countries in Central and Eastern Europe / Andrea Krizán and Raluca Maria Popa

A Feminist Opposition to Gender Equality? : Making Sense of the Social Democratic Party's Internal Struggle over Extending Parental-Leave Quotas in Sweden / Christina Bergqvist, Elin Bjarnegård, and Pär Zetterberg

Subversion from Within : Opposition to Gender Equality in the Court of Justice of the European Union / Elisabeth Holzleithner

Unpacking Oppositional Success : The French Laboratory / David Paternotte

Popular Opposition to Economic Gender Equality and Homosexual Lifestyles / Niels Spierings

Suspending Democracy, Harming Gender Equality : The 2013 Law on Pregnancy Termination in Macedonia / Ana MisÌŒkovska Kajevska

Part 3. Conclusions and Discussion : A Framework for Understanding Oppositional Dynamics on Gender-Equality Change and Possible Actions Against Opposition. How to Study Varieties of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe? : Lessons from this Book, Conceptual Building Blocks, and Puzzles to Address / Mieke Verloo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781138649606

1138649600

9781138649613

1138649619

OCLC:

1010692160