Silke Roth obtained her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Connecticut. From 2000 until 2005 she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is now Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK. Her publications include Building Movement Bridges: The Coalition of Labor Union Women. (Praeger 2003; honorable mention of the Collective Behavior/Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association 2005); Sisterhood and Solidarity? Organizing for Gender Issues and Women's Equality in the Enlarged European Union,A" in Social Politics.

• Introduction: Gender Issues and Women's Movements in the Expanding European Union Silke Roth PART I: BROADENING GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES: THE ROLE OF THE EU Chapter 1. The EU and Enlargement: Conceptualizing Beyond EastA" And WestA" Angelika von Wahl Chapter 2. Towards The Europeanization of Work-Family Policies? The Impact of the EU on Policies For Working Parents Kimberly J. Morgan Chapter 3. Violence at Work? Framing Sexual Harassment in the European Union Kathrin Zippel PART II: THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS: SIX CASE STUDIES FROM WEST AND EAST Chapter 4. Irish Women's Organizations in an Enlarged Europe Pauline Cullen Chapter 5. Spain at the Vanguard in European Gender Equality Policies Celia Valiente Chapter 6. From Strange SistersA" to Europe's DaughtersA"? European Enlargement as a Chance For Women's Movement in East and West Germany Ingrid Miethe Chapter 7. Will It Make A Difference? EU Enlargement and Women's Public Discourse in Poland Joanna Regulska and Magda Grabowska Chapter 8. The Impact of EU Accession on the Promotion of Women and Gender Equality in the Czech Republic Hana Haskova and Alena Kuizkova Chapter 9. The Impact of EU Accession on Gender Equality in Hungary Noemi Kakucs and Andrea Petz PART III: INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN EU EQUALITY POLITICS Chapter 10. Preparing for EU Membership - Gender Policies in Turkey Gul Aldikacti-Marshall Chapter 11. Gender and Ethnic Minority Claims in Swedish and EU Frames: Sites of Multi-Level Political Opportunities and Boundary Making Zenia Hellgren and Barbara Hobson Chapter 12. Framing Equality: The Politics of Race, Class, Gender in the US, Germany and the Expanding European Union Myra Marx Ferree Bibliography Index

By assembling an impressive series of case studies that analyze gender policies in the context of the EU as a supranational policy making institution from the perspectives of both old and new member states, Roth enriches our understanding of gender equality politics.A" * Choice