TY - BOOK AU - Kantola,Johanna TI - Gender and the European Union SN - 9780230542327 (alk. paper) U1 - 305.3094 PY - 2010/// CY - Houndmills, Basingtoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Sex role KW - European Union countries KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Equality N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-263) and index; Introducing gender and the European Union -- The history of gender in the European Union -- Gendering political representation in the European Union -- Policy-making processes, actors and institutions in the EU from a gender perspective -- The EU gender policy: reconciling work and family -- Gender mainstreaming in EU policy-making -- Gender violence in the European Union -- 'Tackling multiple discrimination': gender and intersecting inequalities -- Gendering Europeanization in the enlarged Union -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Women's policy agencies in the EU ER -