Presentation Gender Equality B

2. IDEOLOGICAL CHANGESUK: from Beveridge to Thatcher, it was implied thatwomen’s primary role was motherhood. Blair’s ThirdWay has changed this (Pascall and Lewis 2006) Thischange isn’t primarily because of feminism, but concernfor state finances.Germany: „The [pension] reform [of 2001] explicitlypromotes the one-and-a-half or one-and-three-quarterbreadwinner family model“ (Ostner 2003)The Swedish gender contract has for a couple of decadesbeen changing in an individualist direction, whichcorresponds well with the EU’s policy ambitions in thisarea since at least the 1980s. Therefore the EU hasn’tmeant any significant changes in the Swedish genderregime. (Hobson 2003 p 75)