This book examines the role of 'Europe' in defining, maintaining, constructing, and remedying sex discrimination. The author investigates the origins, institutions, and policies associated with recent European Union efforts to stem violence against women, sex trafficking, racism, and heterosexism.

Autorentext
R. AMY ELMAN writes on politics and social inequality in contemporary Europe. She is editor of Sexual Politics and the European Union (1996) and author of Sexual Subordination and State Intervention: Comparing Sweden and the United States (1996). She is also a Professor of Political Science at Kalamazoo College, Michigan.

Inhalt
Rhetoric and Reality Sexual Equality Conceived Fashioning Interventions Assessing Material Reforms Assessing Political Equality& Mainstreaming Politicizing Male Violence The ProgramsSTOP& DAPHNE Politicizing Sexuality Wedding Rights to Marriage Self-Negating Policies and Polities