Institutionalizing Intersectionality

The Changing Nature of European Equality Regimes
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-29295-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Gender and Politics

An exploration of the ways that multiple inequalities are being addressed in Europe. Using country-based and region-specific case studies it provides an innovative comparative analysis of the multidimensional equality regimes that are emerging in Europe, and reveals the potential that these have for institutionalizing intersectionality.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krizsan, A.

Skjeie, H.

Squires, J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Institutionalizing Intersectionality? A Theoretical Framework; A.Krizsan, H.Skjeie & J.Squires The European Union: Initiator of a New European Anti-Discrimination Regime?; J.Kantola & K.Nousiainen Institutionalizing Intersectionality in the Nordic Countries: Anti-Discrimination and Equality in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden; A.Borchorst, L.Freidenvall, J.Kantola, L.Reisel & M.Teigen Institutionalizing Intersectionality in the 'Big Three': The Changing Equality Framework in France, Germany, Britain; C.Hermanin & J.Squires Institutionalizing Intersectionality in the Low Countries: Belgium and The Netherlands; K.Celis, J.Outshoorn, P.Meier & J.Motmans Institutionalizing Intersectionality in Southern Europe: Italy, Spain and Portugal; A.Alonso, M.Bustelo, M.Forest & E.Lombardo Institutionalizing Intersectionality in Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia; A.Krizsan & V.Zentai European Equality Regimes: Institutional Change and Political Intersectionality; A.Krizsan, H.Skjeie & J.Squires

Über Autor(innen)

ANDREA KRIZSAN Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Studies of the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She has worked on several comparative research projects dealing with gender and other equality policies, most recently the project 'Quality of Gender+ Equality Policies in Europe' (QUING). Her main research interests include understanding policy change and the role of non-conventional policy actors in bringing about change in Central and Eastern Europe. Her most recent project concerns reforms of domestic violence policies in five Central and Eastern European countries. Her publications include articles in , , , , , chapters in several edited volumes, and an edited volume on ethnic monitoring and data collection.
HEGE SKJEIE Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway.
JUDITH SQUIRES Professor of Political Theory and Dean of the Faculty Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol, UK. Her publications include: , co-edited with Birte Siim (2008), (2007) and (1999). She co-edits the Palgrave Book Series (with Johanna Kantola) and is Reviews Editor for the journal . She is a member of the European Consortium of Political Research Press board and was appointed an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2009.