Transforming Gender Citizenship
The Irresistible Rise of Gender Quotas in Europe

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Part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

Editors:
Éléonore Lépinard, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Ruth Rubio-Marín, Universidad de Sevilla

Éléonore Lépinard, Ruth Rubio Marín, Petra Meier, Milica Antić Gaber, Irena Selišnik, Tània Verge, Emanuela Lombardo, Dia Anagnostou, Alessia Donà, Ana Espírito-Santo, Anna Śledzińska-Simon, Sabine Lang, Nora Gresch, Birgit Sauer, Mari Teigen, Lenita Freidenvall, Lise Rolandsen Agustín, Birte Siim, Anette Borchorst

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Date Published: July 2018
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isbn: 9781108429221

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Gender quotas are a controversial policy measure. However, over the past twenty years they have been widely adopted around the world and especially in Europe. They are now used in politics, corporate boards, state and local public administration and even in civil society organizations. This book explores this unprecedented phenomenon, providing a unique comparative perspective on gender quotas' adoption across thirteen European countries. It also studies resistance to gender quotas by political parties and supreme courts. Providing up-to-date comprehensive data on gender quotas regulations, Transforming Gender Citizenship proposes a typology of countries, from those which have embraced gender quotas as a new way to promote gender equality in all spheres of social life, to those who have consistently refused gender quotas as a tool for gender equality. Reflecting on divergences and commonalities across Europe, the authors analyze how gender quotas may transform dominant conception of citizenship and gender equality.
- Presents a comparative perspective on gender quotas' adoption across thirteen European countries
- Addresses political and legal struggles around the adoption of gender quotas in political parties, electoral politics, corporate boards and public administration
- Documents transnational diffusion of gender quotas as well as the supranational influence of European institutions in this process
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Product details
- Date Published: July 2018
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108429221
- length: 488 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 157 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.9kg
- contains: 7 b/w illus. 9 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction: completing the unfinished task? Gender quotas and the ongoing struggle for women's empowerment in Europe Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín
Part I. Gender Quotas as Transformative Equality Remedies:
1. Gender quotas in Belgium: consolidating the citizenship model while challenging the conception of gender equality Petra Meier
2. The French parity reform: the never-ending quest for a new gender equality principle Eléonore Lépinard
3. The role of gender quotas in establishing the Slovene citizenship model: from gender blind to gender sensitive Milica Antić Gaber and Irena Selišnik
4. Gender quotas in Spain: broad coverage, uneven treatment Tània Verge and Emanuela Lombardo
Part II. Gender Quotas as Symbolic Equality Remedies:
5. The protracted struggle for gender quotas in Greek politics: constitutional reform and feminist mobilization in the EU context Dia Anagnostou
6. Eppur si muove: the tortuous adoption and implementation of gender quotas in conservative Italy Alessia Donà
7. From electoral to corporate board quotas: the case of Portugal Ana Espírito-Santo
8. Gender quotas and women's solidarity as a challenge to the gender regime in Poland Anna Śledzińska-Simon
Part III. Gender Quotas as Corrective Equality Remedies:
9. Quota contagion in Germany: diffusion, derailment, and the quest for parity democracy Sabine Lang
10. The Austrian paradox: the challenges to transform a conservative gender regime Nora Gresch and Birgit Sauer
Part IV. Gender Quotas as Accessory Equality Measures:
11. The 'natural' prolongation of the Norwegian gender equality policy institution Mari Teigen
12. Gender equality without legislated quotas in Sweden Lenita Freidenvall
13. Gender equality without gender quotas: dilemmas in the Danish approach to gender equality and citizenship Lise Rolandsen Agustín, Birte Siim and Anette Borchorst
Conclusion. Assessing the transformative potential of gender quotas for gender equality and democratic citizenship Éléonore Lépinard and Ruth Rubio Marín.
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Editors
Éléonore Lépinard, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Éléonore Lépinard is Associate Professor in Gender Studies at the Institute of Social Sciences, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ruth Rubio-Marín, Universidad de Sevilla
Ruth Rubio Marin is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, and a member of the Faculty of The Hauser Global Law School Program at New York University.
Contributors
Éléonore Lépinard, Ruth Rubio Marín, Petra Meier, Milica Antić Gaber, Irena Selišnik, Tània Verge, Emanuela Lombardo, Dia Anagnostou, Alessia Donà, Ana Espírito-Santo, Anna Śledzińska-Simon, Sabine Lang, Nora Gresch, Birgit Sauer, Mari Teigen, Lenita Freidenvall, Lise Rolandsen Agustín, Birte Siim, Anette Borchorst