TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lombardo,Emanuela
AU  - Meier,Petra
AU  - Verloo,Mieke
TI  - The discursive politics of gender equality: stretching, bending, and policy-making
SN  - 9780415469357 (hardback)
U1  - 305.42094 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, N.Y.
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sex discrimination
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Sex discrimination against women
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 Stretching and bending gender equality: a discursive
politics approach
I IMAN!UEI.A IO)MBARDO, P11 RA N MElIR ANI) MI:KEI VER 10O
2 The issue of intentionality in frame theory: the need for
reflexive framing                                            19
CARO,L BACCIIl
3 Beyond the politics of location: the power of argument
in gender equality politics                                  36
SYLVI  WAI BY
4 Stretching and bending the meanings of gender in
equality policies                                            52
VI AS IA JI\l U�IC'
5 Stretching gender equality to other inequalities: political
intersectionality in European gender equality policies       68
SMANU ILA I )MBARDOI)() AN)D MIKI NVERLOO
6 Inequality, intersectionality and the politics of discourse:
framing feminist alliances                                   86
MIYRA MARX IIE(RRII
7 Bending towards growth: discursive constructions of
gender equality in an era of governance and neoliberalism  105
MALIN RONNBLOOM
8 Trading-in gender equality: gendered meanings in
EU trade policy                                            121
JA('CQUI I RI i
9 Stretching, bending and inconsistency in policy
frames on gender equality: discursive windows of
opportunity?                                               138
EMANUIELA LOMBARL)DO AND PETRA MEILR
10 Grounding policy evaluation in a discursive
understanding of politics                                  153
MARIA BUS FTE.O AND MIEKI VERL()O
11 The discursive logic of ranking and benchmarking:
understanding gender equality measures in the
European Union                                             16)
MILKI VRI o00 AND ANNA VAN DIR VI.EUTI N
12 Conclusions: a critical understanding of the
discursive politics of gender equality                     186
EMANUEIA LOMBIARDO(), PETRA MEIIR ANI) MIIlKE V'RLOO
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