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,” in Social Politics.

• Introduction: Gender Issues and Women’s Movements in the Expanding European UnionSilke RothPART I: BROADENING GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES: THE ROLE OF THE EUChapter 1. The EU and Enlargement: Conceptualizing Beyond “East” And “West”Angelika von WahlChapter 2. Towards The Europeanization of Work-Family Policies? The Impact of the EU on Policies For Working ParentsKimberly J. MorganChapter 3. Violence at Work? Framing Sexual Harassment in the European UnionKathrin ZippelPART II: THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS: SIX CASE STUDIES FROM WEST AND EASTChapter 4. Irish Women’s Organizations in an Enlarged EuropePauline CullenChapter 5. Spain at the Vanguard in European Gender Equality PoliciesCelia ValienteChapter 6. From “Strange Sisters” to “Europe’s Daughters”? European Enlargement as a Chance For Women's Movement in East and West GermanyIngrid MietheChapter 7. Will It Make A Difference? EU Enlargement and Women’s Public Discourse in PolandJoanna Regulska and Magda GrabowskaChapter 8. The Impact of EU Accession on the Promotion of Women and Gender Equality in the Czech RepublicHana Hasková and Alena KuízkováChapter 9. The Impact of EU Accession on Gender Equality in HungaryNoémi Kakucs and Andrea PetzPART III: INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN EU EQUALITY POLITICSChapter 10. Preparing for EU Membership - Gender Policies in TurkeyGül Aldikacti-MarshallChapter 11. Gender and Ethnic Minority Claims in Swedish and EU Frames: Sites of Multi-Level Political Opportunities and Boundary MakingZenia Hellgren and Barbara HobsonChapter 12. Framing Equality: The Politics of Race, Class, Gender in the US, Germany and the Expanding European UnionMyra Marx FerreeBibliographyIndex

“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.”  ·  Choice