This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe.
It focuses firstly on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions
and processes of the EU and their consequences for gender equality policy. Secondly the book
analyses the gendered impacts of austerity politics on member states' gender equality policies
institutions regimes and debates. Finally it addresses feminist and intersectional struggles
and resistances against neoliberal conservative and racist politics across Europe. The authors
consider the gendered politics of the economic crisis from a variety of feminist approaches
shedding new light on the concept of the crisis and on questions of politics institutions and
intersectionality. The case studies included refer to different parts of Europe from North to
South and from East to West capturing the multifaceted gendered impacts of the crisis. The
volume will be of interest to students and scholars of politics international relations
gender studies economics law sociology social policy and European studies.
