Gender equality on a grand tour : politics and institutions -- the Nordic Council, Sweden, Lithuania and Russia / by Eva Blomberg, Yulia Gradskova, Ylva Waldemarson, Alina Zvinkliene.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-361) and index.
Contents:
5. Russia -- a "difficult case" for gender equality? The transnational politics of women's rights and northwest Russia : the case of Nordic-Russian Cooperation Yulia Gradskova. 2. Gender equality the Nordic way : the Nordic Council's and Nordic Council of Ministers' cooperation with the Baltic states and northwest Russia in the political field of gender equality 1999-2010 / Ylva Waldemarson -- 3. Political changes and gender equality in the Baltic States : the case of Lithuania / Alina Zvinkliene -- 4. I am just looking for a fair assessment : the equal opportunities ombudsman in Sweden 1980-2008 / Eva Blomberg -- 5. Russia -- a "difficult case" for gender equality? The transnational politics of women's rights and northwest Russia : the case of Nordic-Russian Cooperation Yulia Gradskova.
Summary:
Gender Equality on a Grand Tour. Politics and Institutions? the Nordic Council, Sweden, Lithuania and Russia' explores the politics around the establishment, development and transformation of gender equality institutions in the Nordic countries (on the example of Sweden), in the former communist countries east of the Baltic Sea region (the example of Lithuania) and in the northwestern part of Russia. The authors analyze the interplay between the internationalization and Europeanization of gender equality on the one hand and national and local contexts on the other. 'Gender Equality on a Grand Tour'. also is the first study to explore the role of one of the leading transnational actors in the region - the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers - in gender equality institutionalization in the Baltic Sea region.
Series:
International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 128
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