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Women's social rights and entitlements / edited by Audrey Guichon, Christien L. van den Anker and Irina Novikova. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. - xvii, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Women's rights in Europe series . - Women's rights in Europe. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women's social rights and entitlements in Europe -- Individualization and the crumbling of the welfare state -- Gendered configurations of the Nordic Model -- European social policies on combining work and family life -- The adoption and enforcement of equal opportunity measures in employment -- The risk of poverty among women in Europe -- Migration, ethnicity and entitlements in European welfare regimes -- Violence as violation -- Women's social rights and entitlements in Latvia and Lithuania -- The impact of globalisation on women's labour market situation in Eastern Europe -- Current approaches to gender equality in European social policies.

ISBN: 1403949921 (cloth) 9781403949929 (cloth)

LCCN: 2005058648

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA625509 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013409139 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women's rights--Europe.
Women--Social conditions.--Europe

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--Social policy.

LC Class. No.: HQ1236.5.E85 / W647 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 305.42094