Women's Social Rights and Entitlements [Hardcover]

This book examines the state of women's rights across Europe, from the three-year research of the Network for European Women's Rights. Based on country reports and practical input from researchers and activists in the field, the book is an up-to-date account of the issue of women's social entitlements and rights across Europe.Introduction: Women's Social Rights and Entitlements in Europe; C.van den Anker, A.Guichon & I.Novikova Gendered Social Entitlements: Building Blocks of Women's Citizenship; R.Lister Individualization: Crumbling of the Welfare State; V.Bras Gomes Gendered Configurations of the Nordic Model: Civil Society, State and Social Citizenship; A.Antonnen European Social Policies on Combining Work and Family Life: The Gap Between Legislation and Practice; I.Bleijenbergh The Adoption and Enforcement of Equal Opportunity Measures in Employment: The Case of France in Comparative Perspective; N.Le Feuvre Women and Poverty: Unequal Risks; M.Gillespie Migration, Ethnicity and Entitlements in European Welfare Regimes; E.Kofman Violence As Violation: Understanding Domestic Violence Against Women as a Matter for Human Rights; A.Guichon & R.Shah Women's Social Rights and Entitlements in Latvia and Lithuania: Transformations and Challenges; I.Novikova, T.Lace & G.Purvaneckiene Impact of Globalization on Women's Labour Market Situation in Eastern Europe; O.Lubrani & E.Villag?mez Current Approaches to Gender Equality in European Social Policies; T.Chiou Maniatopulou & M.Katsiyianni PapakonstantinouANNELI ANTONNEN Professor of Social Policy, Tampere University, FinlandINGE BLEIJENBERGH Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Social-Cultural Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, The NetherlandsVIRGINIA BRAS GOMESMORAG GILLESPIE Research Fellow, Scottish Poverty Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, UKELEONORE KOFMAN Professor of Gender, Migration and Citizenship, Middlesex University, UKTANA LACE Vice Dean of Riga Stradins, University Faculty of El3*