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Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs.

An actor-centred sociological study of the EU-level processes that produce gender equality policy. Based on interviews and documentary analysis, it unpacks the process of the 'Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010' to explain the different roles of actors in the making of EU...

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Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Ahrens, Petra
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017.
Colección:	Gender and politics.
Temas:	Sex discrimination > Government policy > European Union countries. Sex discrimination against women > European Union countries. Sex discrimination against women > Government policy > European Union countries. Discrimination sexuelle > Politique gouvernementale > Pays de l'Union européenne. Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Pays de l'Union européenne. Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Politique gouvernementale > Pays de l'Union européenne. Sex discrimination against women Sex discrimination against women > Government policy Sex discrimination > Government policy European Union countries
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Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction: EU Gender Equality Policy-Making
1.1 Theorising Actors, Structure andÂ Content
1.1.1 Structuration Theory
1.1.2 Structuration Theory andÂ EU Gender Equality Policy
Agency
The Knowledgeable Agent
Agency andÂ Actors
Structure
Rules, Resources andÂ Routines
Time andÂ Space
Content
1.1.3 Methods andÂ Methodology21
1.2 The History ofÂ EU Gender Equality Policy Actors
1.2.1 Introducing Equal Pay andÂ theÂ Founding ofÂ theÂ European Communities1.2.2 Directives forÂ Working Women andÂ theÂ Rise ofÂ Social Europe
1.2.3 Turning toÂ Equal Opportunities Policy Programmes andÂ theÂ Common Market
1.2.4 Adopting Gender Mainstreaming andÂ theÂ Return toÂ Social Policies
1.2.5 Retaining theÂ Dual Approach inÂ Times ofÂ Crisis
1.2.6 Organisation ofÂ theÂ Book
Notes
References
Chapter 2: Opening theÂ Black Box: TheÂ Adoption ofÂ theÂ Roadmap over Time
2.1 Alienating Gender Equality Programmes
2.1.1 Commission Communicationsâ#x80;#x94;The Formal Process2.1.2 Setting UpÂ theÂ Roadmap Communication inÂ theÂ Commission
2.1.3 Commission Outreach: Informal andÂ Formal Procedures
2.1.4 Considering Member States Interests
2.1.5 The Post-Adoption Policy Process
2.2 Rules, Routines andÂ Actor Constellations overÂ Time
2.2.1 Rules andÂ Routines over Time
2.2.2 Actors over theÂ Course ofÂ Time
2.2.3 FEMMâ#x80;#x94;Taking over fromÂ theÂ European Commission
2.3 Conclusion
Notes
References
Key Documents Documentary Research
Chapter 3: (Re)constructing Policy-Making Processes: TheÂ Actorsâ#x80;#x99; Perspective3.1 Fertilising theÂ Soilâ#x80;#x94;Confidence VersusÂ Uncertainty DuringÂ the Initial Period
3.1.1 The Role ofÂ theÂ Political Leaders
3.2 Drafting theÂ Roadmap: AÂ Usual, Modified or Deviant Process?
3.2.1 The Suitable Standard Process
3.2.2 The Modified Standard Process
3.2.3 The Irritating Deviant Process
3.2.4 The Crucial Role ofÂ theÂ Gender Equality Unit andÂ â#x80;#x98;Wrong Ownershipâ#x80;#x99;
3.2.5 The Role ofÂ theÂ European Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Lobby and theÂ â#x80;#x98;Closed Doorâ#x80;#x99
3.3 The EP andÂ Member States React toÂ theÂ Adopted Roadmap3.3.1 Struggling withÂ Compromise inÂ theÂ EP
3.3.2 The Bounded Member States
3.4 Conclusion
Notes
References
Key Documents Documentary Research
Chapter 4: Deconstructing Network Voices andÂ Governance Characteristics
4.1 Deviating In/formal Policy Networks: Standard Gender Equality Policy Actors Compared toÂ Roadmap Actors
4.1.1 EU Gender Equality Policy Actors
The Commission
The Parliament
NGOs
The Council
Other Actors

Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs.

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