Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Introduction: Re-Thinking Gender Equality since the Turn of the Millennium; Diana Auth, Jutta Hergenhan, Barbara Holland-CunzPART I: GENDER EQUALITY IN EUROPE2. Can We Call it a Revolution? Women, the Labor Market, and European Policy; Francesca BettioPART II: GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ECONOMIC SPHERE3. Symbolic Policymaking for Gender Equality: Comparing the Use of Quotas for Civil Services and Corporate Boards in France and Germany; Sophie Rouault4. Overcoming the Gender Pay Gap: Equal Pay Policies Implementation in France and the United Kingdom; C cile Guillaume5. Equal Pay by Gender and by Nationality: A Comparative Analysis of Switzerland's Unequal Equal Pay Policy Regimes across Time; Roland Erne, Natalie ImbodenPART III: GENDER EQUALITY IN THE REALM OF THE FAMILY6. Reconciliation of Employment and Childcare in Austria, Germany, and Iceland: Examples for Gender Equality in Family Life?; Sigrid Leitner7. From Implicit to Explicit Familialism: Post-1989 Family Policy Reforms in Poland; Dorota Szelewa8. Social Investment or Gender Equality? Aims, Instruments and Outcomes of Parental Leave Regulations in Germany and Sweden; Diana Auth, Hanne MartinekPART IV: POLITICAL REPRESENTATION9. The French Parity Law: A Successful Gender Equality Measure or a "Conservative Revolution"?; Catherine Achin10. Political Representation of Women in Europe: What Accounts for the Increase in the 2000s?; Gesine Fuchs, Christine Scheidegger11. Successes and Failures of Electoral Gender Quotas in a Global Perspective; Jutta HergenhanPART V: CONCLUSION12. Targeted Measures versus Change of Political Culture: How can Gender Equality Best be Achieved?; Barbara Holland-Cunz