Women and the European Labour Markets

Introduction Labour-Market Participation of Women in the European Union - Janneke Plantenga Segregation in the European Union - Janneke Plantenga and Kea Tijdens Development in the 1980s Pay Differences between Men and Women in the European Labour Market - Joop Schippers The Labour-Market Position of Women from Ethnic Minorities - Anne-Wil K Harzing Comparison of Four European Countries The Careers of Men and Women - Bettina Bock and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes A Life-Course Perspective Sharing Domestic Work - Tanja van der Lippe and Ellie Roelofs Gendered Patterns in Institutional Constraints - Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes and Jacques van Hoof An Attempt at Theoretical Integration The European Equal Opportunities Policy - Ellie Roelofs Legal Instruments at the EU Level - Tineke van Vleuten Policies for Children and Parents in Four European Countries - Liesbeth Pot Positive Action in Organizations within the European Union - Attie de Jong and Bettina Bock The Comparable Worth Strategy - Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes Women, Trade Unions and European Policy - Noor Goedhard and Jacques van Hoof Epilogue - Jacques van Hoof and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes Emancipation at the Crossroads

`A well-written book with a good balance between factual information and theoretical analysis and an approach which is multi-disciplinary' - International Review of Women and Leadership