
Governing Gender Equality Policy
Pathways in a Changing Nordic Welfare State
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Governing Gender Equality Policy
Pathways in a Changing Nordic Welfare State
About this book
This book analyses the effects of public governance reforms on gender equality policy in Finland. Recent economic crises, rising austerity and increasing opposition to gender equality have led to the defunding of gender equality bodies, and the side-lining of gender equality as a political goal. This policy backlash has taken place alongside transformations to the state and governance, that have changed the discourses, knowledge, actors, and practices of gender equality policy. This book contributes to these discussions by demonstrating the subtleties of the constantly changing governance reform agendas, their operation in practice, and how they intertwine with other elements of the gender equality policy backlash. It is based on more than 100 interviews with civil servants, politicians, non-governmental organisations, social partners, and think tanks, and a broad range of policy documents and media material. It will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, public policy and governance.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: Governing Gender Equality Policy in Changing State
- 2. Theorising Shifting Public Governance from a Feminist Perspective
- 3. Strategic Governance and the Shifting Form of Gender Equality Policy
- 4. Workfare Reform and Family Leave Policy
- 5. Economic Governance and Gender Budgeting
- 6. Evidence-Based Policy and Feminist Knowledge
- 7. Conclusions
- Back Matter