Les partenaires sociaux à l'épreuve du genre et de l'intersectionnalité dans l'Union européenne
(2021) Politique européenne — n° 74, p. 10-37 (2021)
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- The aim of this special issue is to carve space for analysis of the nexus of power, gender and other inequalities, and social partners in Europe in times of neoliberalization and transnationalization. The objective is to make research on these issues more visible in EU studies, as well as to beginning to establish a new research field. Despite their crucial role in collective bargaining and significant influence in policy-making in labour-market issues and despite the role played by European Union resources and policy instruments in the advancement of gender issues in EU Member States, there is a lack of analyses of labour market organisations from an equalities perspective comparatively, transnationally and at the European level. Labour market organisations are gendered and racialized institutions, and the formal and informal practices of mobilisations, interests’ representations, bi-and tripartite negotiations are bound to marginalize certain groups of people and certain perspectives. Moreover, their resources, and repertoires of action may be gendered, their position in formulating effective policies to combat inequalities, for example, in relation to equal pay, parental leave, or outsourcing of female-dominated public services, issues which are high on the EU agenda, has evolved in time and should be questioned. Moreover, there is strikingly little research on the shifts in corporatist practices in Europe in the context of austerity, especially in the aftermath of the 2007 crisis, from a gender and intersectionality perspective. For instance, shifts in wage-setting processes, economic and social governance, and political ideologies have influenced trade unions and employer organisations’ respective possibilities and strategies to influence policy making at national and EU levels. The special issue will notably consider the specific place of gender and intersecting inequalities both in the context of the transformation of social dialogue and in the development of new strategies of labour market organisations actions.
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Jacquot, S., & Ledoux, C. (2021). Les partenaires sociaux à l’épreuve du genre et de l’intersectionnalité dans l’Union européenne. Politique européenne, 74, 10-37. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/168529 (Original work published 2021)