Transforming Gender Citizenship

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-108-45335-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 792 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

Gender quotas are a controversial policy measure. However, over the past twenty years they have been widely adopted around the world and especially in Europe. They are now used in politics, corporate boards, state and local public administration and even in civil society organizations. This book explores this unprecedented phenomenon, providing a unique comparative perspective on gender quotas' adoption across thirteen European countries. It also studies resistance to gender quotas by political parties and supreme courts. Providing up-to-date comprehensive data on gender quotas regulations, Transforming Gender Citizenship proposes a typology of countries, from those which have embraced gender quotas as a new way to promote gender equality in all spheres of social life, to those who have consistently refused gender quotas as a tool for gender equality. Reflecting on divergences and commonalities across Europe, the authors analyze how gender quotas may transform dominant conception of citizenship and gender equality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lépinard, Éléonore

Lépinard, Éléonore

Rubio-Marín, Ruth

Rubio-Marín, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: completing the unfinished task? Gender quotas and the ongoing struggle for women's empowerment in Europe Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín; Part I. Gender Quotas as Transformative Equality Remedies: 1. Gender quotas in Belgium: consolidating the citizenship model while challenging the conception of gender equality Petra Meier; 2. The French parity reform: the never-ending quest for a new gender equality principle Eléonore Lépinard; 3. The role of gender quotas in establishing the Slovene citizenship model: from gender blind to gender sensitive Milica Antic Gaber and Irena Selišnik; 4. Gender quotas in Spain: broad coverage, uneven treatment T.nia Verge and Emanuela Lombardo; Part II. Gender Quotas as Symbolic Equality Remedies: 5. The protracted struggle for gender quotas in Greek politics: constitutional reform and feminist mobilization in the EU context Dia Anagnostou; 6. Eppur si muove: the tortuous adoption and implementation of gender quotas in conservative Italy Alessia Don.; 7. From electoral to corporate board quotas: the case of Portugal Ana Espírito-Santo; 8. Gender quotas and women's solidarity as a challenge to the gender regime in Poland Anna Sledzinska-Simon; Part III. Gender Quotas as Corrective Equality Remedies: 9. Quota contagion in Germany: diffusion, derailment, and the quest for parity democracy Sabine Lang; 10. The Austrian paradox: the challenges to transform a conservative gender regime Nora Gresch and Birgit Sauer; Part IV. Gender Quotas as Accessory Equality Measures: 11. The 'natural' prolongation of the Norwegian gender equality policy institution Mari Teigen; 12. Gender equality without legislated quotas in Sweden Lenita Freidenvall; 13. Gender equality without gender quotas: dilemmas in the Danish approach to gender equality and citizenship Lise Rolandsen Agustín, Birte Siim and Anette Borchorst; Conclusion. Assessing the transformative potential of gender quotas for gender equality and democratic citizenship Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín.

Über Autor(innen)

Rubio-Marín, Ruth
Ruth Rubio Marin is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain,�nd a member of the Faculty of�he�auser Global Law School Program at New York University.

Lépinard, Éléonore
�l�onore L�pinard is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at the Institute of Social Sciences, Universit� de Lausanne, Switzerland.