Varieties of Opposition to Gender Equality in Europe

Abstract

Part 1: Conceptualizing Opposition and Oppositional Dynamics 1. Introduction: Dynamics of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe [Mieke Verloo] 2. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Making Sense of Opposition to Feminisms from a Social-Movement Perspective [Conny Roggeband] 3. Understanding the Dynamics of Opposition to Gender-Equality Change: Lessons from And for Social Complexity Theory [Mieke Verloo] Part 2: Varieties of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe 4. Patriarchy Fights Back: Violent Opposition to Gender Equality in Online Contexts [Sofia Strid] 5. Indirect Opposition: Diffuse Barriers to Gender+ Equality in The European Union [Petra Ahrens] 6. Contesting Gender Equality in Domestic-Violence Policy Debates: Comparing Three Countries in Central and Eastern Europe [Andrea Krizsan and Raluca Maria Popa] 7. A Feminist Opposition to Gender Equality? Making Sense of The Social Democratic Party's Internal Struggle Over Extending Parental-Leave Quotas in Sweden [Christina Bergqvist, Elin Bjarnegard, and Par Zetterberg] 8. Subversion from Within: Opposition to Gender Equality in The Court of Justice of The European Union [Elisabeth Holzleithner] 9. Unpacking Oppositional Success: The French Laboratory [David Paternotte] 10. Popular Opposition to Economic Gender Equality and Homosexual Lifestyles [Niels Spierings] 11. Suspending Democracy, Harming Gender Equality: The 2013 Law on Pregnancy Termination in Macedonia [Ana Miskovska Kajevska] Part 3: Conclusions and Discussion: A Framework for Understanding Oppositional Dynamics on Gender-Equality Change and Possible Actions Against Opposition 12. How to Study Varieties of Opposition to Gender+ Equality in Europe? Lessons from This Book, Conceptual Building Blocks, And Puzzles to Address [Mieke Verloo]