Subject: Info: New Book on Sexual Harassment
bert.bjarland@nokia.com
Date: Sun 02 Apr 2006 - 20:42:52 EEST
FYI - Bert
Kathrin Zippel, Ph.D.,
The Politics of Sexual Harassment,
A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and
Germany.
Cambridge University Press.
Brief Summary of the Book:
Sexual harassment, in particular in the workplace, is a controversial
topic which often makes headline news. What accounts for the
cross-national variation in laws, employer policies, and implementation
of policies dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace? Why was the
United States on the forefront of policy and legal solutions, and how
did this affect politicization of sexual harassment in the European
Union and its member states? Exploring the way sexual harassment has
become a global issue, Kathrin Zippel draws on theories of comparative
gender and welfare state regimes, and social movements to explore the
distinct paths that the United States, the European Union and its member
states, specifically Germany, have embarked on to address the issue.
This comparison provides invaluable insights on the role of
transnational movements in combatting sexual harassment, and on future
efforts to implement the European Union Directive of 2002.
* First book-length comparison of the politics of sexual harassment in
the US and EU and its member states
* Uniquely comprehensive in its coverage of the diffusion of sexual
harassment from the US to the EU
* Interdisciplinary in approach, contributing to comparative gender
policy studies, social movement studies, transnational movements in
particular, and EU studies
Best regards,
Kathrin
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