Women's Social Rights and Entitlements

by Audrey Guichon, Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor), I. Novikova (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403949929
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/13/2006
Series:	Women's Rights in Europe
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	255
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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