Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality
A critical frame analysis of gender policies in Europe
9789639776081
309 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
This book aims to map the diversity of meanings of gender equality across Europe and reflects on the contested concept of gender equality. In its exploration of the diverse meanings of gender equality it not only takes into account the existence of different visions of gender equality, and the way in which different political and theoretical debates crosscut these visions, but also reflects upon the geographical contexts in which visions and debates over gender equality are located. The contextual locations where these visions and debates take place include the European Union and member states such as Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece, and Spain. In all of these settings, the different meanings of gender equality are explored comparatively in relation to the issues of family policies, domestic violence, and gender inequality in politics, while specific national contexts discuss the issues of prostitution (Austria, Slovenia), migration (the Netherlands), homosexual rights (Spain), and antidiscrimination (Hungary). The multiple meanings of gender equality are studied through Critical Frame Analysis, a methodology that builds on social movement theory and that was refined further with elements of gender and political theory within the context of the MAGEEQ research projectAuthor Bio
Mieke Verloo currently combines working as Senior Lecturer at Radboud University Nijmegen with being the Scientific Director of QUING, a comparative research on gender equality policies in Europe, at the IWM in Vienna. At the IWM she also was Research Director for MAGEEQ.
