Olle Folke

This Element studies how career support from romantic partners affects career patterns and costs in politics. It argues that a lower level of career support from romantic partners leads to a lower likelihood for political promotion among women politicians (the partner support hypothesis), as well as greater stress on women politicians' relationships when they advance (the career stress hypothesis). Both predictions find support in Swedish data for more than 80,000 political careers over a fifty-year period. Women politicians are in relationships that prioritize their male partner's career and where that partner does less unpaid work in the household. This is important in explaining women's career disadvantage. It also explains why promotions double the divorce rate for women but leave men's relationships intact. The analysis sheds light on the role played by romantic partners in gender inequality in politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

This Element studies how career support from romantic partners affects career patterns and costs in politics. It argues that a lower level of career support from romantic partners leads to a lower likelihood for political promotion among women politicians (the partner support hypothesis), as well as greater stress on women politicians' relationships when they advance (the career stress hypothesis). Both predictions find support in Swedish data for more than 80,000 political careers over a fifty-year period. Women politicians are in relationships that prioritize their male partner's career and where that partner does less unpaid work in the household. This is important in explaining women's career disadvantage. It also explains why promotions double the divorce rate for women but leave men's relationships intact. The analysis sheds light on the role played by romantic partners in gender inequality in politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Som ett led i att uppnå en uthållig lösning på den ekonomiska krisen står nu EU inför utmaningen att stärka sin konkurrenskraft på den globala arenan. Samtidigt har medlemsländerna ambitionen att bygga ut EU-samarbetets sociala dimension och förbättra den sociala och politiska sammanhållningen. I denna bok diskuterar tretton ­ledande svenska forskare inom ekonomi, juridik och statsvetenskap den balansakt som dessa två samtidiga mål kan innebära och utvärderar alternativa vägar framåt. Hur kan EU öka sin konkurrenskraft och ­­samtidigt minska de sociala klyftor och svårlösta politiska motsättningar som krisen har genererat? Tål EU-samarbetet att medlemsländerna konkurrerar med varandra istället för att stå samlade på den globala arenan? Och hur påverkas EU:s konkurrenskraft av den alltmer flexibla form som den europeiska integrationen tagit under eurokrisen, där flera medlemsstater står utanför centrala samarbetsområden, inklusive europakten?