Short description:

This handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU Politics, giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the sub-discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender) scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU. 

Long description:

This Handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU politics, giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the sub- discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender) scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU.

In investigating the gendered nature of European integration and gender relations in the EU as a political system, it summarizes and assesses the research on gender and the EU to this point in time, identifies existing research gaps in gender and EU studies and addresses directions for future research. Distinguished contributors from the US, the UK and continental Europe, and from across disciplines from political science, sociology, economics and law, expertly inform about gender approaches and summarize the state of the art in gender and EU studies.

The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics provides an essential and authoritative source of information for students, scholars and researchers in EU studies/ politics, gender studies/ politics, political theory, comparative politics, international relations, political and gender sociology, political economy, European and legal studies/ law.

"This superb handbook provides us with cutting-edge chapters on European institutions and European integration by today?s leading gender politics scholars. Their feminist critical analysis of gender and European politics marks a high point in European studies. It will become a classic text, providing foundational contributions to teaching and research for many years to come."
Yvonne Galligan, Technological University Dublin, Ireland

"This handbook is a fantastic intervention into contemporary European studies delving into both the theory and practices of European integration using a gender lens. A one stop shop for all things gender and Europe, the editors have curated an extraordinary collection of contributions. At a time when there is a backlash against insights that centre gender perspectives within Europe and globally, this Handbook demonstrate the need for resistance."
Toni Haastrup, University of Stirling, UK

"The Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics offers a significant, creative corrective to the his-torically biased nature of most grand narratives addressing the European Union?s development. Concentrating on core constructs and institutions, its contributors engage with "mainstream" literature as well as with gender scholarship, pinpointing topics for future research. One can only hope that "malestream" researchers will begin to follow their lead, to ensure a more complete, his- and her-storical picture of what makes the EU "tick" and where it needs to go from here."
Joyce Marie Mushaben, Georgetown University, USA

"At a time when gender equality policies are under attack and the European Union is self-destructing, this book is a crucial reminder of the historical importance of European integration to women?s rights in the region. This handbook is a must-read for students, researchers, journalists and practitioners. It examines politics in a broad sense, covering most fields of political science with openings towards history, law, political economy and sociology. It offers an up-to-date overview of gender politics and the EU, including timely issues such as austerity, Brexit and populism."
David Paternotte, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

"...By bringing different ontological perspectives on gender and the EU together, this handbook will help to ?gender mainstream? future EU scholarship..."

Isabelle Hertner, (2021) "Gendering European politics: A story of Progress and Backlash", Journal of European Integration, 43:4, 511-517

Table of Contents:

1. Whose Story is it Anyway? Studying European Integration with a Gender Lens  PART 1: Gendering the EU: Theoretical Perspectives  Thematic introduction  2. The EU as a Gender Equality Regime: A Core Research Concept  3. Europeanization  4. Social Constructivism  5. Feminist Institutionalism  6. Feminist Political Economy and its Explanatory Promise  7. EU, Men and Masculinities  8. The EU Approach to Intersectional Discrimination in Law  PART 2: Gendering the EU Polity and Structures of Governance  Thematic introduction  9. European Parliament  10. Gendering the Council System  11. Gender Equality and the European Commission  12. The European External Action Service  13. The Politics of Gender in the Field of European Agencies  14. The Court of Justice of the EU and Judicial Politics  PART 3: Gendered Politics in the EU  Thematic introduction  15. Enlargement  16. Gender and EU Citizenship  17. The Privilege of (Defining) Knowledge: Gender Differences in Political Knowledge across Europe  18. Civil Society  19. Party Politics  PART 4: Gender Equality and EU Policies  Thematic introduction  20. Social and Employment Policy  21. Economic and Monetary Union  22. Trade Policies  23. Development Policy  24. Gender and EU Climate Policy  25. Research Policy  26. Security and Defense Policy  27. Migration and Asylum Policy  28. Violence against Women and Gender-based Violence  PART 5: A Gender Lens on Key Issues and Debates   Thematic introduction  29. The Populist Challenge to Gender Equality  30. Economic Crisis and the Politics of Austerity  31. The Gender Story of Brexit: From Under-representation of Women to Marginalisation of Equality