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.