Defending women's rights in Europe : gender equality and EU enlargement / Olga A. Avdeyeva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avdeyeva, Olga A., 1976-

Series:

SUNY Press Open Access

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination against women--European Union countries.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women's rights--European Union countries.

Women's rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

State University of New York Press 2015

Albany : SUNY Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 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.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438455938

1438455933

OCLC:

907641255

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access