Abstracts
issue 2/2010 (English)
Theresia Oedl-Wieser: Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in the Rural Development of Austria – Neglects and Perspectives
Since the accession of Austria to the European Union in 1995, rural development policies have become increasingly important, both in political and in financial aspects. In the current program period (2007–2013), 8 billion € will be spent on rural policy measures in Austria. This article analyzes, to which extent rural development policy and its instruments have the potential of transforming the gender-relations in favor of more equality. Considering the strategy of »gender mainstreaming«, interested in implementing gender equality in all political concepts and measures of the European Union, it will be discussed, how comprehensively this strategy has been realized in the rural development policies of Austria and which impacts it had and possibly will have for the progressive promotion of gender-relations in the rural areas.
Other abstracts in this issue:
- National Identity Construction in Austrian and Swiss Sports Media Coverage – a Qualitative Content Analysis of the European Football Championship 2008
- Condition or Enrichment? Non-governmental Actors in the Open Method of Co-ordination for Social Inclusion in Austria
- »Taking a Chance« – The Understanding of Contraception in Context of the Desire to Have a Child in Advanced Age
- Social Prestige of Music Styles in Austria – Discussion of the Questionability of Music Preference Surveys Based on Selected Results of the Study »Wozu Musik?« (»Why Music?«)