The EU has recently launched a framework for policy development in education, training and the labor market. While equal opportunity is identified as important in the model framework, Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union argues that the gendered nature of these fields is not incorporated into the analysis upon which the policies are based. This book traces and critiques the record of the EU on equal opportunities from equal treatment, then positive action, through to the current agenda--mainstreaming equality. The author combines insights from feminist theory on conceptualizing equality, familiarity with Eurospeak and original research on the programs and projects of the Commission to offer an accessible, jargon-free account of the EU's attempts to encourage equal opportunities.
Author(s): Teresa Rees
Edition: 1
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 280
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 19
2 The context......Page 25
3 Conceptualising equal opportunities......Page 37
4 The European union and equal opportunities......Page 54
5 Key issues in women's education and training in the UK......Page 70
6 Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies......Page 87
7 EC community programmes on education and training......Page 106
8 The European social fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI......Page 125
9 Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White papers......Page 142
10 Mainstreaming equality?......Page 156
Appendix I......Page 165
Appendix II......Page 166
Appendix III......Page 167
Appendix IV......Page 172
Appendix V......Page 174
Notes......Page 178
Bibliography......Page 185
Index......Page 203
