WHY GENDER MAINSTREAMING IS NOT ENOUGH? A CRITIQUE TO SYLVIA WALBY’S THE FUTURE OF FEMINISM
The present paper represents a detailed analysis of the proposals made by Sylvia Walby in “The Future of Feminism”. The structure of the article follows two main directions, according to Walby’s discourse, respectively feminism outside the state and feminism inside the state/transnational institu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National University of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucharest
2015-03-01
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Series: | Romanian Journal of Society and Politics |
Online Access: | http://rjsp.politice.ro/files/March2015/5_crusmac.pdf |
Summary: | The present paper represents a detailed analysis of the proposals made by Sylvia
Walby in “The Future of Feminism”. The structure of the article follows two
main directions, according to Walby’s discourse, respectively feminism outside the
state and feminism inside the state/transnational institutions. The first direction
will focus on feminist theories and will canvass their present forms and also the
postfeminist trends. The second direction will examine feminist projects which
have entered into the transnational and state policies – gender mainstreaming,
affirmative action, equality of treatment, reconfiguration of the human rights.
Another important section will be dedicated to inequalities within the family and
how can gender policies correct them and why Walby omits this aspect from her
analysis. The nature of gender inequalities shall be presented both from the point of
view of distributive theories as well as the standpoint of the theory of oppression as
a source of inequality, according to its formulation made by Iris Marion Young |
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ISSN: | 1582-5795 2393-3224 |