Sex Equality Policy in Western Europe

This book presents a wideranging comparative analysis of the development ofsexequality policies within Europe. The contributors comprising both Europeanand USba... » 

This book presents a wideranging comparative analysis of the development ofsexequality policies within Europe. The contributors comprising both Europeanand USbased scholars address a very current political issue. This is an areaof policy that has reached the decisionmaking stage in much of Europe and itis thus possible to assess the outcome of policymaking and to account forcrossnational variations of sexequality policy measures.The contributors discuss the similarities and differences in levels ofawareness commitment to equality of opportunity and readiness to turn rhetoricinto reality in a number of west European countries including Spain theNetherlands Britain Norway and Ireland. «