Mothering the Union Gender Politics in the EU

by Guerrina, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9780719065842
• ISBN10: 0719065844
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-07
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This exciting new book investigates the scope of maternity legislation and family-friendly policies in the European Union. The wider context of the analysis is the development of equal rights as part of a European social dimension. The book is concerned with the influence of values and beliefs about women, equality, politics and employment on the scope of equal rights and maternity provisions.

Author Biography

Roberta Guerrina is Lecturer in the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrey.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements	vii
Introduction: equal rights, maternity and work--life balance in Europe	1	(16)
Feminist interpretations of equality, difference and motherhood	17	(22)
The development of women's rights in Europe: equal pay, equal treatment and constitutionalism	39	(26)
Reconciliation between work and family life: a concrete move towards establishing substantive equality as a working principle for the Union?	65	(21)
The European Court of Justice: ruling on gender	86	(28)
The family-friendly discourse in Italy: mothering, the family and the nation	114	(15)
Between the family and the market: the case of the UK	129	(21)
Conclusions	150	(9)
Bibliography	159	(18)
Index	177