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This collection examines the opportunities and challenges, rights and wrongs, and prospects and risks of Brexit from the perspectives of gender and sexuality. While much has been written about Brexit from legal, political, social and economic perspectives, there has been little analysis of the effects of Brexit on women and gender/sexual minorities who have historically been marginalised and whose voices have been less audible in political debates - both nationally and at the European level. The collection explores how Brexit might change the equality, human rights and social justice landscape, but from the viewpoint of women and gender/sexual minorities. The contributions gathered in it demonstrate the variety of ways that Brexit will make a difference to the lives of women and individuals marginalised because of gender or sexual identity.
List of contents
Part I.- 1 Brexit: Using Gender and Queer Lenses (Dustin, Ferreira, Millns).- 2 Toxic Masculinity: Militarism, Deal-Making and the Performance of Brexit (Achilleos-Sarll, Martill).- 3 A New World Order? (Gill, Ahmed).- Part II.- 4 The Unintended Consequences of Brexit: The Case of Work-life Balance (di Torella).- 5 The Vulnerable, the Dependent and the Scrounger: Intersectional Reflections on Disability, Care, Health and Migration in the Brexit Project (Dyi Huijg).- 6 The Potential Effects of Brexit on the Cross-Border Circulation of Private Family Law Judgments (Walker).- 7 Who speaks for the Zambrano Families? Multi-level Abandonment in the UK and EU (Solanke).- 8 Unaccompanied Migrant Children and the Implications of Brexit (Iusmen).- 9 The Impact of Brexit on Gender and Asylum Law in the UK Querton).- 10 Queering Brexit: What's in Brexit for Sexual and Gender Minorities? (Danisi, Dustin, Ferreira).- 11 Brexit: The Likely Impact on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Rights in the UK (Dunne).- Part III.- 12 Brexit and the Work-family Conflict (Weldon-Johns).- 13 Foreboding Newness: Brexit and Feminist Civil Society in Scotland (Ritch).- 14 Brexit, Gender and Northern Ireland (Galligan).- Part IV.- 15 Through the Looking Glass: Brexit, Defence and Security Through the Lens of Gender (Barrow).- 16 The likely Economic Impact of Brexit on Women: Lessons from Gender and Trade Research (Stephenson, Fontana).- 17 Splendid Isolation? On How a Non-Member Is Affected By (And Affects) EU Gender Equality Policy (Skjeie, Holst, Teigen).- 18 Conclusion (Dustin, Ferreira, Millns).
About the author
Moira Dustin is Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research focusses on gender, equality and refugee studies.
Nuno Ferreira is Professor of Law at the University of Sussex, UK. His research focusses on human rights, European law, children's rights and asylum and refugee law.
Susan Millns is Professor of Law at the University of Sussex, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Lille 2 and Université Paris Descartes, France. Her research focusses on European and comparative public law, constitutional law, human rights and feminist legal studies.
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"Gender and Queer Perspectives on Brexit is a timely contribution to understanding the process and implications of Brexit ... . the editors have created an important collection that tells a different story of the possible implications of Brexit. This volume contributes to the burgeoning literature that looks at the gendered process of Brexit and how this is situated within broader political processes in Europe and beyond." (Toni Haastrup, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, October 29, 2019)
