Table of Contents

Introduction - Gabriele Griffin 1. Employment and Women's Studies - Nicky Le Feuvre and Muriel Andriocci 2. Equal Opportunities in cross-European Perspective - Isabel Carrera Su rez and Laura Vi¤uela Su rez 3. The Institutionalization of Women's Studies in Europe - Gabriele Griffin 4. The Professionalization of Women's Studies Students in Europe - Harriet Silius 5. The Impact of Women's Studies on its Students' Relationships and Everyday Practices - Gabriele Griffin and Jalna Hanmer 6. Educational Migration and Gender: Women's Studies Students' Educational Mobility in Europe - Borbala Juhasz, Andrea Peto, Jeannette van der Sanden, and Berteke Waaldijk 7. Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Nationality - Gabriele Griffin 8. Comparative Research in Europe - Jalna Hanmer

Promotional Information

This volume provides a sociological study of women's employment in the European Union.

About the Author

Gabriele Griffin is Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Hull. Her previous books include Thinking Differently: A Reader in European Women's Studies, co-edited with Rosi Braidotti (Zed Books, 2002) and Heavenly Love? Lesbian Images in 20th Century Women's Writing (Manchester University Press, 1993). The contributors are all prominent feminist sociologists from a range of different countries.

Reviews

The book provides some unique and insightful comparative data and analysis about Doing Women's Studies across both Western and Eastern Europe, the impact it can have on individuals and the role played by national traditions, histories and cultures. The comparison of East and West European countries is particularly timely. The volume will therefore be a worthwhile read for a wide variety of students and experts, including, but not limited to, those of women's and gender studies, equal opportunities, education, employment, sociology and European studies.
*Abigail Powell, Loughborough University*

I found much that is useful and positive in the contents of this book, which I believe is a valuable addition to the literature on twenty-first century research into women, education and employment.
*Studies in Continuing Education*