A new Gender Equality Contract for Europe: Feminism and progressive politics (free e-book)

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https://feps-europe.eu/publication/a-new-gender-equality-contract-for-europe/



This open access book, by FEPS in cooperation with Fondation Jean-Jaurès and published by Palgrave, centres on the work of contemporary progressive feminist thinkers and the idea that there is no democracy without gender equality. The authors develop the concept of a feminism that works for everyone – regardless of their gender, social or cultural identity – in the context of EU policy.

The book features gender experts with multidisciplinary backgrounds from across Europe, providing a comprehensive exploration of efforts to move away from the “gender backlash” rhetoric and towards a new gender contract for a fairer, more equal European Union. In the face of sustained opposition to gender in Europe and beyond, this publication, therefore, strives to make the political case that gender equality should become a unifying force towards more egalitarian, solidaristic, and caring societies as part of this new “gender contract.”

Much more than a mere theoretical exercise, this publication seeks to connect feminist academic intelligence with hands-on policymaking. The underlying objective is to apply the ideals of a feminist utopia to the very concrete and day-to-day practice of policymaking and -shaping in Europe.

Seeking to overcome the idea of an inevitable tension between research on gender equality in academia and other policy domains, this book contributes to showing how they can mutually reinforce each other, building on the idea that the future of the EU is shaped by gender. That is precisely why each chapter in this collected volume outlines how to craft such a new gender contract across a selection of key policy domains.

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-59993-4.pdf