States of Democracy - Gender and Politics in the European Union

The multi-layered political system of the European Union offers a unique environment for the study of comparative democracy. Its policies seek to give effect to an agreed range of values, including that of gender equality.

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This book explores gender equality and democratic politics in Europe. It discusses how democratic politics engages with gender equality in the European Union and examines what happens when a core democratic value of the European Union, equality between women and men, is given policy effect in supra-national and domestic level politics. It asks how embedded is this value in democratic politics and what degree of gender equality is expressed in this environment. The collection brings to light the gendered nature of democratic politics, offering a critical gaze on the workings of modern democracy in Europe.

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This book will be of interest to scholars and students of democracy, European studies, gender, and key to courses seeking to incorporate a deeper gender perspective or evaluating democracy and democratic performance in institutions and decision-making.

About the author

Yvonne Galligan is Professor of Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast.

Product details

• Authors: Yvonne Galligan
• Assisted by: Yvonne Galligan (Editor), Galligan Yvonne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2014
• EAN: 9781138021655
• ISBN: 978-1-138-02165-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups