The limits of Europeanisation: EU accession and gender equality in Bulgaria and Romania

Chiva, C

Abstract

The paper seeks to bridge the existing gap between three distinct strands of
literature: scholarship on EU enlargement; studies of social policy in the European Union; and
feminist theorising on equality between men and women. It explores the impact of the EU’s
conditionality on policies, legislation and institutions on gender equality in Bulgaria and Romania
between 1990 and 2007 from a feminist perspective, uncovering the multifaceted process whereby
Europeanisation and domestic determinants of change interact with each other in the formation
and implementation of a new gender equality agenda.

Citation

Chiva, C. (2009). The limits of Europeanisation: EU accession and gender equality in Bulgaria and Romania. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 10(2), 150-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850902899230

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Dec 6, 2011
• Journal: Perspectives on European Politics and Society
• Print ISSN: 1570-5854
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 150-174
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850902899230
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705850902899230