Popelka na cestě do Bruselu: České skupiny prosazující rovnost mezi ženami a muži a Evropská unie

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Title in English	Cinderella on the Way to Brussels: Czech Women's Groups and the European Union
Authors	CÍSAŘ Ondřej CÍSAŘ Ondřej VRÁBLÍKOVÁ Kateřina VRÁBLÍKOVÁ Kateřina
Year of publication	2007
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Sociální studia
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Field	Political sciences
Keywords	Europeanization; social movements; EU; womens movement; EWL
Description	The goal of this article is to analyze the impact the EU has had on the Czech women's groups since the 1990s. The first section debates possible theoretical approaches to the study of Europeanization of political activism. The second section describes the transformation of the Czech political opportunity structure induced by the accession process. The third section focuses on the consequences for the Czech women's groups of their increased reliance on EU funding. The fourth section analyzes opportunities for transnational cooperation created by the eastward enlargement of the EU. The article concludes by summarizing its main findings.
Related projects:	Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies