Women of the European Union challenges gender-blind assessments of the economic and social aspects of the European Union policies to examine the real implications of Union for the diversity of women in the Member States.The authors also analyze how women's work and daily lives are shaped by local and national policies, by local and global economic conditions, and by diverse and changing cultural values.Detailed contemporary case studies explore how place comes together with class, life stage, sexuality and ethnicity to affect the way in which women are constrained and how they develop strategies to manage their lives.
Author(s): Garcia i Ramon, Maria Dolors & Monk, Janice J. (eds)
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on contributors......Page 14
PLACING WOMEN OF THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 18
THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENDER AND WELFARE IN EUROPE......Page 48
WOMEN'S WORK AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION......Page 78
THE DIVERSE WORLDS OF EUROPEAN PATRIARCHY......Page 91
AN EQUAL PLACE TO WORK? ANTI-LESBIAN DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 128
FAMILY POLICIES AND WORKING MOTHERS: A COMPARISON OF FRANCE AND WEST GERMANY......Page 143
AT THE CENTRE ON THE PERIPHERY? WOMEN IN THE PORTUGUESE LABOUR MARKET......Page 155
CONTRASTING DEVELOPMENTS IN FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN EAST AND WEST GERMANY SINCE 1945......Page 173
THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY: THAI WOMEN IN GERMANY......Page 203
FROM INFORMAL FLEXIBILITY TO THE NEW ORGANIZATION OF TIME......Page 219
CITY AND SUBURB: CONTEXTS FOR DUTCH WOMEN'S WORK AND DAILY LIVES......Page 234
FAMILY, GENDER AND URBAN LIFE: STABILITY AND CHANGE IN A COPENHAGEN NEIGHBOURHOOD......Page 246
REGIONAL WELFARE POLICIES AND WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN SOUTHERN SPAIN......Page 264
WOMEN'S INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET AND RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN SPAIN: GENDER RELATIONS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY......Page 280
Index......Page 299
