Women’s Citizenship and Political Rights

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
Foreword......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
List of Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Part I Theoretical Feminist Perspectives......Page 30
1 Dilemmas of Political Participation......Page 32
2 European Citizenship: A Political Opportunity for Women?......Page 54
3 Can Feminism Survive Capitalism? Challenges Feminist Discourses Face in Promoting Women’s Rights in Post-Soviet Europe......Page 70
4 Citizenship, Civil Society and Gender Mainstreaming: Complexities of Political Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 84
5 ‘Gender Equality’: On Travel Metaphors and Duties to Yield......Page 103
Part II Applying New Insights to Old Problems......Page 122
6 Education and European Women’s Citizenship: Images of Women in Bulgarian History Textbooks......Page 124
7 Strong Together? A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Women’s Movement on Policy-Making in Finland......Page 144
8 Transnational and National Gender Equality Politics: The European Union’s Impact on Domestic Violence Debates in Britain and Finland......Page 171
9 Implementing Gender Equality: Gender Mainstreaming or the Gap between Theory and Practice......Page 196
10 Good Governance and Good for Business Too? Equality and Diversity in Britain......Page 216
C......Page 234
E......Page 235
G......Page 236
M......Page 237
P......Page 238
U......Page 239
W......Page 240