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For the states that comprise it, European Union (EU) membership has its privileges. Membership signifies sophistication, democratization, civilization, and affluence in an otherwise disorderly world. Projecting this cosmopolitan EU image is no small feat because, in a global market, image matters. Ultimately, political panache provides socioeconomic cohesion and strong reputations are crucial in attracting foreign direct investment, bright people, and public influence. The competition for global acclaim is, thus, fierce (Van Ham 2001).
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According to the Commission, “measures targeted at a particular group and intended to eliminate and prevent discrimination or to offset disadvantages arising from existing attitudes, behaviors and structures” are sometimes referred to as “positive discrimination” (CEC 1998a, 45).
“The American law of equality has,” by contrast, “been forged in the crucible of racial inequality, in particular through resistance by people of color to white racism” (MacKinnon 2001, 51).
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Elman, R.A. (2007). Rhetoric and Reality. In: Sexual Equality in an Integrated Europe. Europe in Transition: The Nyu European Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610071_1
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