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Strategic Silences in the Brexit Debate: Gender, Marginality and Governance
Roberta Guerrina,Hailey Murphy +1 more
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In this paper, the authors explore the complex relationship between EU and UK legislation in the area of maternity rights and argue that considering the UK government's opposition to the original Pregnant Worker Directive (1992) and later to the abandoned Amendment Directive, we can expect these regulations to become watered down.Abstract:
This article explores some of the medium term implications of the EU Referendum on the position and future of women’s rights in the UK. Using process tracing, the article explores the complex relationship between EU and UK legislation in the area of maternity rights. Specifically, it argues that considering the UK government’s opposition to the original Pregnant Worker Directive (1992) and later to the abandoned Amendment Directive, we can expect these regulations to become watered down. The economic and political environment that shaped the EU Referendum campaigns will frame the UK’s negotiations to leave the EU in favour of de-regulation. The UK’s withdrawal from European institutions increases the vulnerability of marginal groups and interests as layers of representation are taken away. Moreover, the invisibility of gender issues and the largely strategic deployment of women in the actual campaigns is likely to compound the impact of the well- established position of the UK on equality matters, as highlighted by negotiations on the pregnant worker directives.read more
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Walking into the Footprint of EU Law: Unpacking the Gendered Consequences of Brexit
Roberta Guerrina,Annick Masselot +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the gendered nature of the process of exiting from the European Union and explore the role of the EU as a gender actor, particularly in the context of employment policy.
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Political Psychology of European Integration : The (Re)production of Identity and Difference in the Brexit Debate
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The Gender Backlash in the Vote for Brexit
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Toxic Masculinity: Militarism, Deal-Making and the Performance of Brexit
TL;DR: The authors argue that the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) and the subsequent Brexit process have been dominated by discourses of toxic masculinity, manifesting in two distinct ways: first through the deployment of language that was associated with deal-making and, second through the deploying of language associated with militarism.
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Beyond the Community Method: Why the Open Method of Coordination Was Introduced to EU Policy-making
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What Can Historical Institutionalism offer Feminist Institutionalists
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