1st Edition

Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union

By Teresa Rees Copyright 1998
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union provides a critical overview and evaluation of the potential role of the EU in perpetuating or breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force. Teresa Rees draws upon feminist theoretical frameworks in assessing Equal Opportunitues policies and the role of training in the labour market. The same economic imperatives which put women's training... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The context 3. Conceptualising equal opportunities 4. The European Union and equal opportunities 5. Key issues in women's education and training in the UK 6. Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies 7. EC community action programmes on education and training 8. The European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI 9. Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers 10. Mainstreaming equality

Biography

Teresa Rees is Professor of Labour Market Studies, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol.