Chapter 26: Challenges to feminist knowledge? The economisation of EU gender equality policy

• Main Author: Elomäki, Anna (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
• Subjects: JFFK; Gender equality policy; Economization; Neoliberalization; European Union, Knowledge
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Although the European Union (EU) is often seen as a progressive gender equality actor, its neoliberalised economic policies are hostile to gender equality. The EU's gender equality policy has always been tied to the EU's economic priorities, and in the aftermath of the financial and econom...