Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The European Union's Gender Policies Mariagrazia Rossilli -- Chapter 2: From Equal Pay to Equal Employability: Four Decades of European Gender Policies Ilona Ostner -- Chapter 3 : A Study of Four Action Programmes on Equal Opportunities Catherine Hoskyns -- Chapter 4: Parity Democracy- Law and Europe Eliane Vogel- Polsky -- Chapter 5: Change in Women's Political Representation Joni Lovenduski -- Chapter 6: European Equality Legislation on Social Security Julia Adiba Sohrab -- Chapter 7: Gender, Flexibility, and New Employment Relations in the European Union Francesca Bettio Jill Rubery Mark Smith -- Chapter 8: The Gender Perspective in the Policies of European Trade Unions Myriam Bergamaschi -- Chapter 9: Sexual Harassment: The Impact of EU Law in the Member States Jeanne Gregory -- Chapter 10: The Implications of European Union Policies for Non- EU Migrant Women Eleonore Kofman Rosemary Sales -- Chapter 11: European Union Policies on Trafficking in Women Marjan Wijers -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors.