Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe

"This is a sophisticated, wide-ranging and multi-faceted book that convincingly demonstrates the importance of gendering the analysis of the economic crisis in Europe. All interested in understanding this crisis should read it." (Sylvia Walby OBE, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research, Lancaster University, UK) "This book provides a compelling gender analysis of the global financial crisis, its austerity effects and civil society responses. It questions Europe's prevailing answers to growth, stagnation and employment, including the effort to mainstream gender equality concerns in policymaking. It shows how the European Union's monetary policy and conditionality is used to legitimise particular neoliberal policies within European states; and most hopefully, it examines the new political and feminist forces generated in opposition to crisis and austerity policies. This is a book for all political analysts who want to understand better the social and economic conditions generating the rise of inequality and populism across European democratic heartlands." (Professor Jacqui True, Monash University, Australia)

This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. The authors consider the gendered politics of the economic crisis from a variety of feminist approaches, shedding new light on the concept of the crisis and on questions of politics, institutions and intersectionality.

This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions and processes of the EU and their consequences for gender equality policy. Secondly, the book analyses the gendered impacts of austerity politics on member states’ gender equality policies, institutions, regimes, and debates. Finally, it addresses feminist and intersectional struggles and resistances against neoliberal, conservative and racist politics across Europe. The authors consider the gendered politics of the economic crisis from a variety of feminist approaches, shedding new light on the concept of the crisis and on questions of politics, institutions and intersectionality. The case studies included refer to different parts of Europe, from North to South and from East to West, capturing the multifaceted gendered impacts of the crisis. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, international relations, gender studies, economics, law, sociology, social policy, and European studies.