The Politics of Sexual Harassment

A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID7954786
AuthorsSamuel Kenney (0009-0003-6286-3741, University of Minnesota, corresponding author), Sally J Kenney
Year2006
Volume4
Issue4
Pages799-801
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592706660477
OpenAlexW2030899847
LanguageEN
Citations received10

The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union, and Germany. By Kathrin S. Zippel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 274p. $80.00 cloth, $34.99 paper. Why was Germany so much slower than the United States to outlaw sexual harassment? What role have feminist organizations, academics, women in political parties, and femocrats (governmental equality officers) played in generating this policy change? How did the European Union act to require member states to legislate given that most member states were opposed? Does it matter that German policymakers have framed the problem largely as a gender-neutral violation of dignity, rather than as an individual right not to be discriminated against on the basis of sex? Is it better to rely on individual litigants to enforce the law or work through collective bargaining agreements and labor councils? And what are the implications of the findings of sexual harassment policy for the future of this issue, feminist policy change, and the policy process more generally? Kathrin Zippel answers these questions and more in her well-researched, comprehensive, and clearly written book

Dignity · Economics · European union · German · Harassment · International trade · Member states · Political science · Politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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