The discursive politics of gender equality: stretching, bending, and policy-making/ edited by Emanuela Lombardo, Petra Meier, Mieke Verloo.

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