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European Policies and Women's Rights in the United Kingdom
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Meehan, Elizabeth Collins, Evelyn |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | It is argued in this chapter that the European Union (EU)$ ^{1}$ has had a positive impact upon the scope of British women's rights at work and in social-security schemes. This argument is made, however, in the context of the politics of European integration, a context which is ambivalent with respect to the totality of the interests of women. Though the founders of the original European communities intended economic objectives to be a means of social and political transformation, their successors have tended to allow the instruments to displace the long-term goals as the defining feature of European integration. Legislation and judicial interpretations necessarily stem from Treaty provisions on employment and rights related to working status, and, thus, 'reinforce the public/private divide' (Hoskyns, 1996a, p. 14; 1996b). Yet, at the same time, European policy 'is beginning to transcend the field of employment and influence the domestic and "private" spheres of women's lives' (Hoskyns, 1996a, p. 14). Book Name: Women and Public Policy |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2018-0-87485-7&isbn=9780429434037&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 154 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| Starting Page | 135 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429434037-7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-11-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Women and Public Policy Cultural Studies History Politics Social Women's Rights European Policies 1996a Hoskyns |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
