This book aims to map the diversity of meanings of gender equality across Europe and reflects on the contested concept of gender equality. In its exploration of

Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to discuss whether Gender Equality can be adopted as it has been defined in international documents anywhere, or w

This book examines the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today, and raises the question whether the

Adopting a critical perspective, this book explores how the concept of gender equality is ‘stretched and bent’ in different ways according to the interventi

The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide a comprehensive reference work on scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-re