`A well-written book with a good balance between factual information and theoretical analysis and an approach which is multi-disciplinary′ - International Review of Women and Leadership

• IntroductionLabour-Market Participation of Women in the European Union - Janneke PlantengaSegregation in the European Union - Janneke Plantenga and Kea TijdensDevelopment in the 1980s Pay Differences between Men and Women in the European Labour Market - Joop SchippersThe Labour-Market Position of Women from Ethnic Minorities - Anne-Wil K HarzingComparison of Four European CountriesThe Careers of Men and Women - Bettina Bock and Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesA Life-Course PerspectiveSharing Domestic Work - Tanja van der Lippe and Ellie RoelofsGendered Patterns in Institutional Constraints - Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes and Jacques van HoofAn Attempt at Theoretical IntegrationThe European Equal Opportunities Policy - Ellie RoelofsLegal Instruments at the EU Level - Tineke van VleutenPolicies for Children and Parents in Four European Countries - Liesbeth PotPositive Action in Organizations within the European Union - Attie de Jong and Bettina BockThe Comparable Worth Strategy - Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesWomen, Trade Unions and European Policy - Noor Goedhard and Jacques van HoofEpilogue - Jacques van Hoof and Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesEmancipation at the Crossroads

`A well-written book with a good balance between factual information and theoretical analysis and an approach which is multi-disciplinary′ - International Review of Women and Leadership

• IntroductionLabour-Market Participation of Women in the European Union - Janneke PlantengaSegregation in the European Union - Janneke Plantenga and Kea TijdensDevelopment in the 1980s Pay Differences between Men and Women in the European Labour Market - Joop SchippersThe Labour-Market Position of Women from Ethnic Minorities - Anne-Wil K HarzingComparison of Four European CountriesThe Careers of Men and Women - Bettina Bock and Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesA Life-Course PerspectiveSharing Domestic Work - Tanja van der Lippe and Ellie RoelofsGendered Patterns in Institutional Constraints - Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes and Jacques van HoofAn Attempt at Theoretical IntegrationThe European Equal Opportunities Policy - Ellie RoelofsLegal Instruments at the EU Level - Tineke van VleutenPolicies for Children and Parents in Four European Countries - Liesbeth PotPositive Action in Organizations within the European Union - Attie de Jong and Bettina BockThe Comparable Worth Strategy - Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesWomen, Trade Unions and European Policy - Noor Goedhard and Jacques van HoofEpilogue - Jacques van Hoof and Anneke van Doorne-HuiskesEmancipation at the Crossroads