Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union

by Rees,Teresa

• ISBN13: 9780415115339
• ISBN10: 0415115337
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The EU has recently launched a framework for policy development in education, training and the labor market. While equal opportunity is identified as important in the model framework,Mainstreaming Equality in the European Unionargues that the gendered nature of these fields is not incorporated into the analysis upon which the policies are based. This book traces and critiques the record of the EU on equal opportunities from equal treatment, then positive action, through to the current agenda--mainstreaming equality. The author combines insights from feminist theory on conceptualizing equality, familiarity with Eurospeak and original research on the programs and projects of the Commission to offer an accessible, jargon-free account of the EU's attempts to encourage equal opportunities.

Table of Contents

List of tables
Preface
List of abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction	p. 1
The context	p. 10
Conceptualising equal opportunities	p. 26
The European Union and equal opportunities	p. 49
Key issues in women's education and training in the UK	p. 71
Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies	p. 94
EC community action programmes on education and training	p. 120
The European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI	p. 146
Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers	p. 169
Mainstreaming equality?	p. 188
Directorates-General of the European Commission	p. 201
National Vocational Qualifications	p. 202
The Social Dialogue Joint Opinion on Women and Training	p. 203
Equal treatment and positive action in LEONARDO DA VINCI: Guidelines for project promoters	p. 210
Examples of equal treatment, positive action and mainstreaming in LEONARDO DA VINCI projects	p. 212
Notes	p. 216
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 247
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