Women of the European Union: The Politics of Work and Daily Life (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place Series)

Women of the European Union challenges gender-blind assessments of the economic and social aspects of the European Union policies to examine the real implications of Union for the diversity of women in the Member States. The authors also analyze how women's work and daily lives are shaped by local and national policies, by local and global economic conditions, and by diverse and changing cultural values. Detailed contemporary case studies explore how place comes together with class, life stage, sexuality and ethnicity to affect the way in which women are constrained and how they develop strategies to manage their lives. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 8 List of tables......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Notes on contributors......Page 14 PLACING WOMEN OF THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 18 THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENDER AND WELFARE IN EUROPE......Page 48 WOMEN'S WORK AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN SOUTHERN EUROPE IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION......Page 78 THE DIVERSE WORLDS OF EUROPEAN PATRIARCHY......Page 91 AN EQUAL PLACE TO WORK? ANTI-LESBIAN DISCRIMINATION AND SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 128 FAMILY POLICIES AND WORKING MOTHERS: A COMPARISON OF FRANCE AND WEST GERMANY......Page 143 AT THE CENTRE ON THE PERIPHERY? WOMEN IN THE PORTUGUESE LABOUR MARKET......Page 155 CONTRASTING DEVELOPMENTS IN FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION IN EAST AND WEST GERMANY SINCE 1945......Page 173 THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY: THAI WOMEN IN GERMANY......Page 203 FROM INFORMAL FLEXIBILITY TO THE NEW ORGANIZATION OF TIME......Page 219 CITY AND SUBURB: CONTEXTS FOR DUTCH WOMEN'S WORK AND DAILY LIVES......Page 234 FAMILY, GENDER AND URBAN LIFE: STABILITY AND CHANGE IN A COPENHAGEN NEIGHBOURHOOD......Page 246 REGIONAL WELFARE POLICIES AND WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LABOUR IN SOUTHERN SPAIN......Page 264 WOMEN'S INTEGRATION INTO THE LABOUR MARKET AND RURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION IN SPAIN: GENDER RELATIONS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY......Page 280 Index......Page 299 1. Placing women of the European Union -- 2. The Geographi of gender and welfare in Europe -- 3. Women's work and everyday life in southern Europe in the context of European Integration -- 4. The diverse worlds of European Patriarchy -- 5. An equal place to work? Anti-lesbian discrimination and sexual citizenship in the European Union -- 6. Family policies and working mothers: A comparison of France and West Germany -- 7. At the centre on the periphery? Women in the portuguese labour market -- 8. Contrasting developments in female labour force participation in east and west Germany since 1945 -- 9. The politics of cultural identity: Thai women in Germany -- 10. From informal flexibility to the new organization of time -- 11. City and suburb: contexts for Dutch women's work and daily lives -- 12. Family, gender and urban life: Stability and change in a copenhagen neighbourhood -- 13. Regional welfare policies and women's agrucultural labour in southern Spain -- 14. Women's integration into the labour market and rural industrialization in Spain: Gender relations and the global economy Women of the European Union challenges gender-blind assessments of the economic and social aspects of EU policies to examine the real implications of union for the diversity of women in the member states. The authors also analyse how women's work and daily lives are shaped by local and national policies, by local and global economic conditions, and by diverse and changing cultural values. Detailed contemporary case studies explore how place comes together with class, life stages, sexuality and ethnicity to affect the ways in which women are constrained, and how they develop strategies to manage their lives. Women of the European Union challenges gender- blind assessments of the economic and social aspects of the Union's policies to examine the real implications of Union for the diversity of women in the Member States Edited By Maria Dolors García-ramon And Janice Monk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.