In a context of economic and budgetary crisis, this book presents a long-term analysis of the transformations of EU gender equality. It analyses the mechanisms of construction, consolidation and deconstruction of this policy and questions the effects of its current dismantling.

Autorentext

Sophie Jacquot is a Marie Curie Fellow at ISPOLE (UCL, Belgium) and a researcher at CEE (Sciences Po, France).
She specializes in the sociology of policy analysis and in EU studies. Her research activities are concerned with the transformation of EU public policy and with the effects of Europeanization, especially in the fields of gender equality, social policy and anti-discrimination.

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List Of Abbreviations

1. Introduction. Analysing Change In European Gender Equality Policy
2. From Rome To Maastricht: The Golden Age Of An Exceptional Policy?
3. The Era Of Gender Mainstreaming
4. From Maastricht To Lisbon: The Normalisation Of A Policy
5. Lisbon And Beyond: A Policy In Crisis
6. Conclusion. The End Of A Policy?
   Appendix List Of Interviews
   Bibliography
   Notes
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