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Transnational and National Gender Equality Politics: The European Union’s Impact on Domestic Violence Debates in Britain and Finland

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The aim of this chapter is to investigate transnational gender equality politics and its meaning to national politics. In order to do this, the chapter will explore the relationship between violence against women and gender equality in two European Union (EU) member states, Finland and England, and in the EU itself. The link between domestic violence and gender equality has been strong in Britain and weak in Finland, and is emerging at the EU level.

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  1. Centre for Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK

    Sirkku K. Hellsten

  2. Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Anne Maria Holli

  3. Sofia University, Bulgaria

    Krassimira Daskalova (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences) (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences)

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Rantola, J. (2006). Transnational and National Gender Equality Politics: The European Union’s Impact on Domestic Violence Debates in Britain and Finland. In: Hellsten, S.K., Holli, A.M., Daskalova, K. (eds) Women’s Citizenship and Political Rights. Women’s Rights in Europe Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502901_9

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