Actors, Institutions, and the Making of EU Gender Equality Programs

Petra Ahrens is Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Her research focuses on European integration, gender equality policies, public policy and transnational civil society organisations.

• Part I Introduction.- Chapter 1. EU Gender Equality Policy-Making.- Chapter 2. Theorising actors, structure and content.- Chapter 3. The history of EU gender equality policy actors.- Part II The Roadmap Adoption Process over the Course of Time.- Chapter 4. The Standard Adoption Process.- Chapter 5. Rules, routines and actors constellations over the course of time.- Part III Actors' Interpretations and (Re)Constructions of the Policy-making Process.- Chapter 6. Interpretations of the initial period.- Chapter 7. Interpretations of the drafting process.- Chapter 8. Reactions to the Adopted Roadmap.- Chapter 9. (Un)Contested Overarching Structural Features in the Policy Process.- Part IV Effects of Changing Actors' Constellations and Changing Routines.- Chapter 10. Short-term Policy Implications of the Policy Process.- Chapter 11. Long-Term Policy Implications of the Policy Process.- Chapter 12. Organizing Principles of the Policy Process.- Part V Conclusion.- Annex: Methods and Methodology.- References.- Primary Sources.- Index.