Top down or bottom up?: a cross-national study of vertical occupational sex segregation in twelve European countries
Autor/in:
Schäfer, Andrea; Tucci, Ingrid; Gottschall, Karin
Quelle: Universität Bremen, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik; Bremen (ZeS-Arbeitspapier, 04/2011), 2011. 46 S
Inhalt: "Starting with a comparative assessment of different welfare regimes and political economies from the perspective of gender awareness and "pro-women" policies, this paper identifies the determinants of cross-national variation in women's chances of being in a high-status occupation in twelve West European countries. Special emphasis is given to size and structure of the service sector, including share of women in public employment and structural factors such as trade union density and employment protection. The first level of comparison between men and women concentrates on gender representation in the higher echelons of the job hierarchy, while in the second section we extend the scope of analysis, comparing women in high-status occupations and low-wage employment in order to allow for a more nuanced study of gender and class interaction. The first analysis is based on European Social Survey data for the years 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008, capturing recent trends in occupational dynamics. Results indicate that in general a large service sector and a high trade union density enhance women's chances of being in a high-status occupations while more specifically a large public sector helps to reduce channeling women in low-wage employment. Thus, equality at the top can well be paired with inequality at the bottom, as postindustrial countries with a highly polarized occupational hierarchy such as the UK show." (author's abstract)
Equal opportunity policy and feminist political science: the "invisible avant-garde" of governance research?
Titelübersetzung:Gleichstellungspolitik und feministische Politikwissenschaft: eine "unsichtbare Avantgarde" der Governance-Forschung?
Autor/in:
Bothfeld, Silke; Kuhl, Mara
Quelle: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH; Berlin (Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsprofessur "Neue Formen von Governance", 2007-202), 2007. 25 S
Inhalt: "In Deutschland wurde Gleichstellungspolitik von Beginn an über Steuerungsformen
betrieben, die heute Gegenstand der Governanceforschung sind. Die feministische
Politikwissenschaft kann darum dieser neuen Forschungsperspektive wichtige Antworten
zu ihren Kernfragen anbieten. Im Rückgriff auf zentrale Ergebnisse feministischer
Forschung machen die Autorinnen die Grenzen der Steuerbarkeit in den Bereichen
Recht, Ökonomie und Sozialpolitik deutlich. Konkret wird die Vielfalt der Governanceformen und -modi an der Politik zu Entgeltgleichheit, zu Gleichheit in der Sorgearbeit
und in der Verwaltungspolitik herausgearbeitet. Im Fazit werden die Synergieeffekte
und die gemeinsamen Anliegen der feministischen Politikwissenschaft und
der Governanceforschung aufgezeigt." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "In Germany equal opportunity policy has been conducted from the beginning by
forms of regulation, which are currently the subject of governance research. Feminist
political science can thus offer important answers to the core questions of this new
research perspective. By drawing on the main results of feminist research, the authors
first clarify the boundaries of governance in the areas law, the economy, and
social policy. Specifically, the diversity of forms and modes of governance will be illustrated
for policies concerning wage equality, equality in childcare, and in administrative
policy. In the conclusion the authors address the synergetic effects and the
common concerns of feminist political science and governance research." (author's abstract)
Equality between men and women: challenges to Croatian legislation
Autor/in:
Vasiljević, Snježana
Quelle: Croatian accession to the European Union. Vol. 1, Economic and legal challenges. Zagreb, 2003, S 273-290
Inhalt: Reform of the Croatian legal system and the adjustment of its legislation to EU law is one of the main conditions for the Republic of Croatia to be able to join the Union. This paper analyses the existing requirements for gender equality inside the EU, the current situation in the applicant countries and the existing problems and challenges for states that are only on the way towards European integration. In the Republic of Croatia gender equality is not guaranteed to a sufficient
extent, which has resulted in negative public reactions from NGOs and organisations for the protection of human rights and the rights of women. In addition, individuals are exposed everyday to various forms of sexual harassment in the workplace, in schools, universities and public places. So far, except at the constitutional level, no kind of legal approach has been adopted to guarantee gender equality or freedom of sexual orientation, which is an obligation of Croatia according to international treaties and the SAA.
Schlagwörter:EU; legislation; Croatia; Gender Mainstreaming; Gleichstellung; Chancengleichheit; Gesetzgebung; Europarat; Mann; woman; Council of Europe; sexual harassment; Recht; europäische Integration; equal opportunity; affirmative action; gender mainstreaming; man; law; European integration; Kroatien; sexuelle Belästigung; EU; gender equality; sexual orientation; equal opportunities principle; equal procedure principle; sexual harassment; European Union; Copenhagen criteria; Council of Europe; Stabilisation and Association Agreement; European Community Treaty; acquis communautaire
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
SSOAR Kategorie:Recht, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung