Chapter 24: The European Parliament as a gender equality actor: a contradictory forerunner
This chapter analyses to what extent the European Parliament’s political practices are supportive of gender equality and feminist governance. The chapter maps the formal institutional arrangements, which support gender equality within the institution and constitute important facets of feminist gover...
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| description | This chapter analyses to what extent the European Parliament’s political practices are supportive of gender equality and feminist governance. The chapter maps the formal institutional arrangements, which support gender equality within the institution and constitute important facets of feminist governance. These include a parliamentary committee, gender mainstreaming initiatives, gender action plans and sexual harassment policies. At the same time, there are a number of informal practices in the parliament, which have the potential to undermine the good formal practices and institutions for feminist governance. The chapter presents findings on opposition to gender equality in the parliament, which slows down good feminist governance practices and gender equality policies. Forms of opposition include: opposition to sexual harassment policies; direct and indirect opposition to gender equality and related policies by radical right populists; and institutional resistance to gender equality among the parliament as a whole and among established mainstream political groups. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1126462023-08-14T10:12:53Z Chapter 24: The European Parliament as a gender equality actor: a contradictory forerunner Kantola, Johanna Lombardo, Emanuela European Parliament; Gender equality; Feminist governance; Formal gendered institutions; Informal gendered institutions; Feminist institutionalism; Opposition to gender equality; Resistance to change towards gender equality JFFK This chapter analyses to what extent the European Parliament’s political practices are supportive of gender equality and feminist governance. The chapter maps the formal institutional arrangements, which support gender equality within the institution and constitute important facets of feminist governance. These include a parliamentary committee, gender mainstreaming initiatives, gender action plans and sexual harassment policies. At the same time, there are a number of informal practices in the parliament, which have the potential to undermine the good formal practices and institutions for feminist governance. The chapter presents findings on opposition to gender equality in the parliament, which slows down good feminist governance practices and gender equality policies. Forms of opposition include: opposition to sexual harassment policies; direct and indirect opposition to gender equality and related policies by radical right populists; and institutional resistance to gender equality among the parliament as a whole and among established mainstream political groups. Published 2023-08-14T10:12:50Z 2023-08-14T10:12:50Z 2023-02-24 chapter 9781800374812 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112646 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-feminist-governance-9781800374805.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781800374812/book-part-9781800374812-33.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374812.00033 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374812.00033 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781800374812 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access |
| spellingShingle | European Parliament; Gender equality; Feminist governance; Formal gendered institutions; Informal gendered institutions; Feminist institutionalism; Opposition to gender equality; Resistance to change towards gender equality JFFK Kantola, Johanna Lombardo, Emanuela Chapter 24: The European Parliament as a gender equality actor: a contradictory forerunner |
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| topic | European Parliament; Gender equality; Feminist governance; Formal gendered institutions; Informal gendered institutions; Feminist institutionalism; Opposition to gender equality; Resistance to change towards gender equality JFFK |
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