Women's Social Rights and Entitlements
Published on 13. June 2006
Book
Hardback
XVII, 255 pages
978-1-4039-4992-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the state of women's rights across Europe, from the three-year research of the Network for European Women's Rights. Based on country reports and practical input from researchers and activists in the field, the book is an up-to-date account of the issue of women's social entitlements and rights across Europe.
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Series
Edition
2006 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XVII, 255 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4992-9 (9781403949929)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-73033-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Audrey Guichon | Audrey Guichon | Christien van den Anker
Women's Social Rights and Entitleme
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
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Persons
ANNELI ANTONNEN Professor of Social Policy, Tampere University, Finland
INGE BLEIJENBERGH Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Social-Cultural Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
VIRGINIA BRAS GOMES
MORAG GILLESPIE Research Fellow, Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
ELEONORE KOFMAN Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Middlesex University, UK
TANA LACE Vice Dean of Riga Stradins, University Faculty of European Studies, Latvia
NICKY LE FEUVRE Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Toulouse-Le Mirail University, France
RUTH LISTER Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University, UK
OSMAT LUBRANI
THEODORA CHIOU MANIATOPULOU
IRINA NOVIKOVA, Professor in the Department of Culture and Literature, University of Latvia
MARIA KATSIYIANNI PAPAKONSTANTINOU
GIERDRE PURVANECKIENE Doctor of Social Sciences and Associate Professor of the Department of Educology, Vilnius University, Lithuania
REBECCA SHAH Researcher on the NEWR Project, Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK
ELIZABETH VILLAGÓMEZ Consultant
Content
Introduction: Women's Social Rights and Entitlements in Europe; C.van den Anker, A.Guichon & I.Novikova Gendered Social Entitlements: Building Blocks of Women's Citizenship; R.Lister Individualization: Crumbling of the Welfare State; V.Bras Gomes Gendered Configurations of the Nordic Model: Civil Society, State and Social Citizenship; A.Antonnen European Social Policies on Combining Work and Family Life: The Gap Between Legislation and Practice; I.Bleijenbergh The Adoption and Enforcement of Equal Opportunity Measures in Employment: The Case of France in Comparative Perspective; N.Le Feuvre Women and Poverty: Unequal Risks; M.Gillespie Migration, Ethnicity and Entitlements in European Welfare Regimes; E.Kofman Violence As Violation: Understanding Domestic Violence Against Women as a Matter for Human Rights; A.Guichon & R.Shah Women's Social Rights and Entitlements in Latvia and Lithuania: Transformations and Challenges; I.Novikova, T.Lace & G.Purvaneckiene Impact of Globalization on Women's Labour Market Situation in Eastern Europe; O.Lubrani & E.Villagómez Current Approaches to Gender Equality in European Social Policies; T.Chiou Maniatopulou & M.Katsiyianni Papakonstantinou