ABSTRACT
The Nordic countries are often held as European front-runners in the area of gender equality. At the same time, gender equality policy is becoming more and more internationalised. The legislation in the Nordic countries is increasingly affected by European and international regulations, such as the Beijing Platform in 1995 and the Amsterdam Treaty in 1997. At a European level, national policy is influenced by EU laws and decisions. This book examines to what extent the Nordic countries have served as exporters of gender equality policy since the 1990s, as well as how much they have had to adapt to EU legislation and international decisions in the same period. Moreover, the book seeks to connect case studies containing local, regional and national examples to overall discussions about Europeanisation and Nordic adaptation to and import of new gender policy.
