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Gender Justice and Democracy in the EU
www.reconproject.eu
Reconstituting Democracy in Europe
Five-year project financed by the EU under FP6
Twenty partners, coordinated by ARENA, University of Oslo
Starting point: Democratic ‘deficit’ in the EU
Exploring three alternatives:Democracy reconstituted at the national level Democracy reconstituted at the supranational level Democracy based reconstituted in a post-national polity
A feminist perspective
How can a feminist analysis contribute to the debate?What we have:
Feminist theorising on justice, citizenship, representation (in an already constituted polity)
What we lack: Feminist theorising of European integration
What difference would it make?Hypothesis: Different opportunities and constraints
afforded by each model of democracy in the EU
Objectives
1. To provide a feminist perspective on the future of democracy in EuropeWhat kind of gender politics/policies does each model of EU
democracy give scope for?
2. To establish criteria for the assessment of EU policy/policy making
3. To explore the status of GJ in the EUMap EU institutional arrangements, policy processes and policy
content
Three case studies: Gender pay gap, gender balance in decision-making, gender violence
4. How can gender justice and democracy be fostered within Europe?
Cooperation
Other RECON partners
Wider academic/expert community (Quing, Femcit, Athena, IPSA, ECPR etc..)
Civil society (EWL, ICW, ETUC, Karat…)
‘Critical’ actors
Contribution to Athena 3A
Share findings through submission of discussion papers
Cooperate in task of involving civil society actors
Input on sub-themes:Transformation of legal framework
Role of international actors
Gaps between policy design/ implementation
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