This examination of the European Union and efforts to combat violence against women provides an empirical feminist analysis of the transnational strategies and processes that connect global and grassroots advocacy efforts. It looks beyond policy rhetoric to examine the extent to which this important human rights issue is being addressed.

• Table of Contents


• 1. Transnational Translations of Global Rhetoric into Local Realities


• 2. Patterns and Strategies of Global-Domestic Interactions


• 3. Mapping Advocacy in European Union Multilevel Governance


• 4. Embedded Networks and Transnational Advocacy


• 5. The Soft Approach to Zero Tolerance: Normative Discourses on Violence against Women


• 6. Conditionality and Coercion: The Accession Process and Combating Violence against Women


• 7. Building Networks, Building Capacity: The Daphne Program


• 8. Domestic Development: Legislation, Programs, and Attitudes


• 9. Future Prospects for Eradicating Violence against Women


• Appendix


• Bibliography


• Index

Celeste Montoya is Assistant Professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder.