TY - CHAP

T1 - The European Union and the value of gender equality

AU - Peto, Andrea

AU - Manners, Ian

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - EU actorness is an interaction between presence, opportunity and capability so this chapter analyses these three factors in a historical and comparative perspective as far as the value of gender equality is concerned, with special emphasis on enlargement and development, together with a reflection on the impact of EU gender equality mechanisms on the formation of European identity. Gender equality policy was born in Europe through the intellectual tradition of ‘women’s difference’. The EU is a young normative power, which is slowly transforming itself from an economic community into a post-national political actor. Its identity is based on universal human values such as equality in order to overcome the difficulties of diversity found in differing national traditions and lack of a common ‘European’ cultural tradition.

AB - EU actorness is an interaction between presence, opportunity and capability so this chapter analyses these three factors in a historical and comparative perspective as far as the value of gender equality is concerned, with special emphasis on enlargement and development, together with a reflection on the impact of EU gender equality mechanisms on the formation of European identity. Gender equality policy was born in Europe through the intellectual tradition of ‘women’s difference’. The EU is a young normative power, which is slowly transforming itself from an economic community into a post-national political actor. Its identity is based on universal human values such as equality in order to overcome the difficulties of diversity found in differing national traditions and lack of a common ‘European’ cultural tradition.

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-0-415-46002-6

SP - 97

EP - 113

BT - Values and Principles in European Union Foreign Policy

A2 - Lucarelli, Sonia

A2 - Manners, Ian

PB - Routledge

CY - London

ER -