ABSTRACT
In contrast to the wealth of studies on progress towards gender equality, opposition to gender equality is rarely studied, which makes it difficult to understand the positive and negative dynamics of gender equality as a political project.
The first of its kind, this timely collection examines the potential and challenges of our current scholarship on understanding opposition to gender+ equality in Europe. Divided into three parts, Mieke Verloo and her team of international experts begin Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe by theorizing the dynamics of opposition to gender equality policies in Europe. Part Two highlights oppositional actors (politicians, governments, citizens, policy makers, churches) and political arenas (parliament, courts, Internet), as well as different and opposing visions of gender+ equality. Part Three concludes with a framework for understanding oppositional dynamics on gender equality change.
Setting the agenda for future research, this book will be useful for students of gender and politics, social movements, European integration, and policy studies, as well as for high-level policymakers, students, and feminist activists alike. It will be an inspiration to thinkers and doers and to scholars and political actors.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|54 pages
Conceptualizing Opposition and Oppositional Dynamics
chapter 2|19 pages
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
chapter 3|17 pages
Understanding the Dynamics of Opposition to Gender-Equality Change
part 2|158 pages
Varieties of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe
chapter 6|19 pages
Contesting Gender Equality in Domestic-Violence Policy Debates
chapter 7|18 pages
A Feminist Opposition to Gender Equality?
chapter 8|19 pages
Subversion from Within
chapter 11|18 pages
Suspending Democracy, Harming Gender Equality
part 3|18 pages
Conclusions and Discussion