Roberta Guerrina

Mothering the Union

Gender politics in the EU

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the scope of maternity legislation and family-friendly policies in the European Union.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780719065859
• ISBN-10: 0719065852
• Artikelnr.: 31081647

Autorenporträt

Roberta Guerrina is Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Equal rights, maternity and work-life balance in Europe 1.
Feminist interpretations of equality, difference and motherhood 2. The
development of women's rights in Europe: Equal pay, equal treatment and
constitutionalism 3. Reconciliation between work and family life: A
concrete move towards establishing substantive equality as a working
principle for the Union? 4. The European Court of Justice: Ruling on gender
5. The family friendly discourse in Italy: Mothering, the family and the
nation 6. Between the family and the market: The case of the UK Conclusions