Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union: Education, Training and Labour Market Policies
Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union provides a critical overview and evaluation of the potential role of the EU in perpetuating or breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force. Teresa Rees draws upon feminist theoretical frameworks in assessing Equal Opportunitues policies and the role of training in the labour market.\ The same economic imperatives which put women's training on the agenda have heightened interest in designing training which attracts women into mainstream...
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The EU has recently launched a framework for policy development in education, training and the labor market. While equal opportunity is identified as important in the model framework, Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union argues that the gendered nature of these fields is not incorporated into the analysis upon which the policies are based.This book traces and critiques the record of the EU on equal opportunities from equal treatment, then positive action, through to the current agenda--mainstreaming equality. The author combines insights from feminist theory on conceptualizing equality, familiarity with Eurospeak and original research on the programs and projects of the Commission to offer an accessible, jargon-free account of the EU's attempts to encourage equal opportunities.
List of tablesPrefaceList of abbreviations and acronyms1Introduction12The context103Conceptualising equal opportunities264The European Union and equal opportunities495Key issues in women's education and training in the UK716Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies947EC community action programmes on education and training1208The European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI1469Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers16910Mainstreaming equality?188App. IDirectorates-General of the European Commission201App. IINational Vocational Qualifications202App. IIIThe Social Dialogue Joint Opinion on Women and Training203App. IVEqual treatment and positive action in LEONARDO DA VINCI: Guidelines for project promoters210App. VExamples of equal treatment, positive action and mainstreaming in LEONARDO DA VINCI projects212Notes216Bibliography223Index247
