384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2001. In the Nordic countries women are considered equal to men. Advanced social and economic rights are often given as the explanation for the equality. In this volume, Nordic feminist legal scholars give a more contradictory image of gender equality. The gendered construction of the legal subject and the legal understanding of gender have a two-pronged... Read more

1. Introductory Remarks on Nordic Law and Gender Identities

2. The Changing Position of the Individual in Danish Welfare

3. The Enforcement of EU Sex Discrimination Law in Scandinavia

Biography

Kevat Nousiainen, Asa Gunnarsson, Johanna Niemi-Kiesilinen, Karin Lundstrom