The Europeanization of Gender Equality Policies: A Discursive-Sociological Approach

262 Pages·2012·2.697 MB·English

by  Emanuela Lombardo, Maxime Forest (eds.)

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The Europeanization of
Gender Equality Policies
A Discursive-Sociological Approach
Edited by
Emanuela Lombardo
Ramón y Cajal Researcher, Complutense
University of Madrid, Spain
and
Maxime Forest
QUING Postdoctoral Researcher, Complutense
University of Madrid, Spain
Editorial matter, selection, introduction and conclusion © Emanuela
Lombardo and Maxime Forest 2012
All remaining chapters© respective authors 2012
Foreword © Vivien A. Schmidt 2012
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Contents
List of Tables and Annex vii
List of Figures viii
List of Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgements xi
Foreword xiii
Notes on Contributors xvii
1 The Europeanization of Gender Equality Policies:
A Discursive-Sociological Approach 1
Maxime Forest and Emanuela Lombardo
2 ‘Going Soft’? Analysing the Contribution of Soft and
Hard Measures in EU Gender Law and Policy 28
Fiona Beveridge
3 Meanings and Uses of Europe in Making Policies
against Domestic Violence in Central and Eastern Europe 49
Andrea Krizsan and Raluca Popa
4 Changing French Reconciliation Policies and the Usages
of Europe: Reluctant Europeanization? 75
Sophie Jacquot, Clémence Ledoux, and Bruno Palier
5 Using the EU to Promote Gender Equality Policy
in a Traditional Context: Reconciliation of Work and
Family Life in Italy 99
Alessia Donà
6 Comparing the Europeanization of Multiple
Inequalities in Southern Europe: A
Discursive-Institutionalist Analysis 121
Emanuela Lombardo and María Bustelo
7 Swimming against the Tide: Contested Norms and
Antidiscrimination Advocacy in Central and
Eastern Europe 145
Aron Buzogány
8 Use of the Europeanization Frame in Same-Sex
Partnership Issues across Europe 168
Roman Kuhar
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9 Is Gender Equality Soluble into Self-Governance?
Regionalizing and Europeanizing Gender
Policies in Spain 192
Alba Alonso and Maxime Forest
10 Prospects and Challenges for Discursive-Sociological
Studies of the Europeanization of Equality Policies 214
Emanuela Lombardo and Maxime Forest
Index 237
Tables and Annex
Tables
3.1 European Commission pressure on domestic violence
against women in five countries 56
3.2 References used in domestic violence policy texts 64
4.1 EU policy on reconciliation of work and private life 78
4.2 The evolution of French policies on reconciliation of
paid work and private life 87
5.1 The compulsory minimum standards of the 1996
Directive on parental leave 104
5.2 Content of Law 53/2000: leaves and
financial incentives 113
6.1 References to the EU in national policy documents 132
8.1 Olsen’s uses of Europeanization 174
8.2 The strongest frames in same-sex partnership policies
across Europe in diagnosis (definition of the problem),
prognosis (solution of the problem), and combined 177
8.3 Mean index values of the strongest frames for four
groups of countries in Europe 180
Annex
6.1 List of coded documents on ‘General Gender Equality
Legislation and Machinery’ in the EU, Spain, Italy,
and Portugal 138
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Figures
4.1 Percentage of the population of children between
three years of age and school age cared for in
formal institutions 80
4.2 Percentage of the population of children under
three years of age cared for in formal institutions 81
4.3 Employment rates in France, 1992–2008 83
5.1 Lawmaking process of Law 53/2000 111
8.1 Strength of the Europeanization frame according
to the homonegativity scale 182
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Abbreviations
ACIDI Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Diálogo Intercultural
(High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural
Dialogue)
CA Comunidades Autónomas (Autonomous Communities)
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CEEC(s) Central and Eastern European Countries
CFA Critical Frame Analysis
CFCF Chance for Children Foundation
CICDR Comissão para a Igualdade e Contra a Discriminação Racial
(Commission for Equality and against Racial Discrimination)
CIDM Commission for Equality and Rights of Women
CIG Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality
CiU Convergencia i Unió (Convergence and Union)
CLCA Complément Libre Choix d’Activité (Benefit compensating
a short period of professional inactivity or part-time work
for childcare)
CMG Complément Libre Choix du Mode de Garde (Benefit for
hiring a registered childminder)
CNAF Caisse Nationale d’Allocations Familiales (National
Family Fund)
CoE Council of Europe
COFACE Confederation of Family Organisations in the European
Union
COLCA Complément Optionnel de Libre Choix d’Activité (Benefit
credited from the third child to the parent assuming
childcare and interrupting any professional activity for a
maximum of one year)
EC European Community
ECHR European Court of Human Rights
ECJ European Court of Justice
EEC European Economic Community
EES European Employment Strategy
EGGSIE Expert Group on Gender Social Inclusion and Employment
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