Gendered Policies in Europe Reconciling Employment and Family Life [Hardcover]

Gendered Policies in Europe examines the policy process, focusing on the shifts in equal opportunities legislation towards measures to help parents combine employment and family life. The authors track the inputs of members states and pressure groups to European policy formation and analyse outputs and outcomes at national levels as they impact on gender issues in law and practice. They draw on examples of the implementation of reconciliation policies to illustrate how the policy process operates in different national contexts.List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Preface From Equal Pay to Reconciliation of Employment and Family Life; L.Hantrais The European Union and the Equal Opportunities Process; M.Stratigaki Reconciliation Policies from a Comparative Perspective; M.Lohkamp-Himmighofen & C.Dienel From Equality to Reconciliation in France?; M.T.Lanquetin, J.Laufer & M.T.Letablier Equal Opportunities Policies and the Management of Care in Germany; K.Scheiwe The Paradoxes of Italian Law and Practice; A.Del Re From Hard to Soft Law and from Equality to Reconciliation in the United Kingdom; B.Bagilhole & P.Byrne Reconciliation Policies in Spain; C.Valiente Adaptation or Diffusion of the Swedish Gender Model?; C.Bergqvist & A.C.Jungar Taking Stock and Looking Ahead; M.Threlfall Bibliography IndexLINDA HANTRAIS holds a chair in the Department of European Studies at Loughborough University. She is Director of its European Research Centre and convenor of the Cross-National Research Group. Her research interests are in comparative, cross-national research, particularly with reference to social policy in the European Union. Her publications include Social Policy in the European Union and Families and Family Policies in Europe.