This Book Brings Together Political Economists, Sociologists, Practising Lawyers, Industrial Relations Experts And Trade Unionists From Three Continents. It Reviews Eu Policy On Sex Discrimination, Citizenship And Immigration; Analyses The Effects Of Globalization And Neoliberal Economic Policies On Gender Equality In The Uk, North America And New Zealand; Includes Case-studies Of Female Immigrant Workers In Italy And The Uk; And Provides A Critical Review Of Pay Equity Legislation In The Uk And Canada. It Ends With A Positive Focus On Strategies To Make The Current Legislative Framework Work For Women.--book Jacket. Then And Now : Equal Pay In European Union Politics / Catherine Hoskyns -- Global Feminization And Flexible Labour Markets : Gendered Discourse In The Opposition To Pay Equity Reform / Deborah Figart And Ellen Mutari -- Pay Equity : Hard Workdown Under / Martha Coleman -- Globalization, Feminization And Pay Inequalities In London And The Uk / Irene Bruegel -- Immigration, Ethnicity And Exclusion : Implications Of European Integration / Rosemary Sales And Jeanne Gregory -- Just Like One Of The Family? : Gender, Ethnicity And Migrant Status Among Filipino Domestic Workers In Rome / Cecilia Tacoli -- South Asian Women Homeworkers In East London / Kalwant Bhopal -- Pay Equity : Lessons From Ontario, Canada / Patricia Mcdermott -- Negative (pay) Equity : An Analysis Of Some (side-)effects Of The Equal Pay Act / Sue Hastings -- Independent Experts In Equal Pay / Alan Arthurs -- Public Sector Reforms In A Changing Economic And Political Climate : Lessons From Michigan / Peggy Kahn And Deborah Figart -- Strategic Litigation In Pursuit Of Pay Equality / Robin Allen And Gay Moon -- Union Strategies In Pursuit Of Pay Equity : The Role Of Unison / Virginia Branney And Marisa Howes, With Ariane Hegewisch. Edited By Jeanne Gregory, Rosemary Sales And Ariane Hegewisch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.