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245	0	0	_aDefending Women's Rights in Europe _bGender Equality and EU Enlargement / _cOlga A. Avdeyeva.
020			_a9781438455938
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100	1		_aAvdeyeva, Olga A. _eauthor.
264		1	_bSUNY Press,
300			_a1 online resource.
506	0		_aAccess copy available to the general public. _fUnrestricted _2star
520			_a<i>Comparative analysis of gender equality reforms enacted in ten post-communist states who became members of the European Union.</i><br/><br/>Between 2004 and 2007, ten post-communist Eastern European states became members of the European Union (EU). To do so, these nations had to meet certain EU accession requirements, including antidiscrimination reforms. While attaining EU membership was an incredible achievement, many scholars and experts doubted the sustainability of accession-linked reforms. Would these nations comply with EU directives on gender equality? To explore this question, <i>Defending Women's Rights</i> in Europe presents a unique analysis of detailed original comparative data on state compliance with EU gender equality requirements. It features a comprehensive quantitative analysis combined with rigorous insightful case studies of reforms in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania. Olga A. Avdeyeva reveals that policy and institutional reforms developed furthest in those states where women's advocacy NGOs managed to form coalitions with governing political parties. After becoming members of the EU, the governments did not abolish these policies and institutions despite the costs and lack of popular support. Reputational concerns prevented state elites from policy dismantling, but gender equality policies and institutions became marginalized on the state agenda after accession.<br/><br/><b>Olga A. Avdeyeva</b> is Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago.
588	0		_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aTechnology & Engineering / Agriculture _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social Policy _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSocial Science / Women's Studies _2bisacsh
650		0	_aTechnology
655		0	_aElectronic books.
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