1st Edition
Nordic Gender Equality Policy in a Europeanisation Perspective
1. Perspectives on Nordic gender equality policy and Europeanisation
Knut Dørum
2. Same-sex families: The cause and effect of Nordic harmonization
Hrefna Friðriksdóttir
3. How could equal parental leaves be promoted in Europe? Lessons from Swedish lesbian families.
Anna Malmquist
4. Swedish gender equality
Roger Klint
5. Bureaucracy of Gender Equality: Europeanisation in Nordic Context?
Laila Nordstrand Berg and Zuzana Murdoch
6. "Lessons from Norway" - how gender quotas on corporate boards was transformed from unthinkable to exportable
Siri Øyslebø Sørensen
7. Gender, Excellence and Research Funding
Kristine P. Miland
8. Fathers’ quotas as gender equality policies
Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande
9. Europeanization Processes and Bodily Politics: Stalking and Online Harassment
Helene Pristed Nielsen, Lise Rolandsen Agustín and Stine Thidemann Faber
10. The Role of Ethics in Gender Equality Strategies in Academia: Nordic and European Perspectives
Åsa-Karin Engstrand
Biography
Knut Dørum is professor of history at the University of Agder and at the University of Bergen in Norway. His recent research interests touch upon political and social history from below in the period c. 1750–2018. He has published extensively nationally and internationally on urban history, political culture, democratisation, gender equality policies and female entrepreneurship. He is one of the few male Norwegian historians involved in gender history. His books include From subjects to citizens: Government and political culture in Norway c. 1660–1884 (author), Politics, profession and awakening: Women in Norway in the 19th and 20th century (editor and co-author), Absolutism in decline (co-editor and co-author), and Politics in Europe c. 1800-2010 (author, forthcoming). In 2017, he and three other co-authors won silver award in the contest of the exclusive prize Best European Learning Materials Award, co-organised by the Frankfurt Book Fair, the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media, and the European Educational Publishers Group.
