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Gender and the Politics of the Economic Crisis in Europe

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Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe

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This chapter introduces the theme of the book, that is, the ‘political’ implications of the current economic crisis in Europe from a gender and intersectional perspective. This means introducing the three main issues developed in the chapters: (i) European Union (EU) austerity politics and related institutional and policy changes, (ii) the Europeanization of gender equality and policies in times of crisis and (iii) the gender and intersectional patterns of resistances and struggles against austerity politics.

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    Johanna Kantola

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    Emanuela Lombardo

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Kantola, J., Lombardo, E. (2017). Gender and the Politics of the Economic Crisis in Europe. In: Kantola, J., Lombardo, E. (eds) Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50778-1_1

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