Mainstreaming Politics: Gendering Practices and Feminist Theory Carol Bacchi, Joan Eveline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacchi, Carol, author.

Eveline, Joan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender mainstreaming.

Women--Government policy.

Women.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Place of Publication:

University of Adelaide Press 2010

[s.l.] : University of Adelaide Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an innovative rethinking of policy approaches to 'gender equality' and of the process of social change. It brings several new chapters together with a series of previously published articles to reflect on these topics. A particular focus is gender mainstreaming, a relatively recent development in equality policy in many industrialised and some industrialising countries, as well as in large international organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization. The book draws upon poststructuralist organisation and policy theory to argue that it is impossible to 'script' reform initiatives such as gender mainstreaming. As an alternative it recommends thinking about such policy developments as fields of contestation, shaped by on-the-ground political deliberations and practices, including the discursive practices that produce specific ways of understanding the 'problem' of 'gender inequality'. In addition to the new chapters Bacchi and Eveline produce brief introductions for each chapter, tracing the development of their ideas over four years. Through these commentaries the book provides exciting insights into the complex processes of collaboration and theory generation. Mainstreaming Politics is a rich resource for both practitioners in the field and for theorists. In particular it will appeal to those interested in public policy, public administration, organisation studies, sociology, comparative politics and international studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter Contents Preface Personal reflection Publisher's note List of authors and project personnel Acknowledgements Introduction 1 - Gender/ing impact assessment: Can it be made to work? 2 - Mainstreaming and neoliberalism: A contested relationship 3 - Gender analysis and social change: Testing the water 4 - What are we mainstreaming when we mainstream gender? 5 - Approaches to gender mainstreaming: What's the problem represented to be? 6 - Power, resistance and reflexive practice 7 - Gender mainstreaming: The answer to the gender pay gap? 8 - Gender analysis and community participation: The role of women's policy units 9 - The invisibility of gendered power relations in domestic violence policy 10 - Gender mainstreaming versus diversity mainstreaming: Methodology as emancipatory politics 11 - University-public sector research collaboration: Mine the space, never mind the gap 12 - Obeying organisational 'rules of relevance': Gender analysis of policy 13 - Gender mainstreaming or diversity mainstreaming? The politics of 'doing' Conclusion A politics of movement Author Index General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-9806723-8-4

Publisher Number:

10.1017/UPO9780980672381