Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change

Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change

After decades of gender policies implementation, major questions remain about its actual impact and its ability to make more inclusive the policymaking process. This article aims at providing theoretical and analytical tools to understand this problem as a contribution to current debates on the effe...

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Main Author: Eva Alfama Guillén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA) 2015-11-01
Series:Revista Española de Ciencia Política
Subjects:
género
poder
Administraciones públicas
instituciones políticas
transversalidad
cambio
Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/38506
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spelling doaj-63d7a352fe6a41f4977de536398c564b2020-11-24T22:20:20ZengAsociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA) Revista Española de Ciencia Política1575-65482173-98702015-11-0103926328724529Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender changeEva Alfama Guillén0IGOP - Universidad Autónoma de BarcelonaAfter decades of gender policies implementation, major questions remain about its actual impact and its ability to make more inclusive the policymaking process. This article aims at providing theoretical and analytical tools to understand this problem as a contribution to current debates on the effectiveness of the mainstreaming of gender. In particular, the article discuss how power shapes public institutions and how gender change can be promoted, on the basis of a revision and systematization of gender and policy and gender and organizations scholarship. The need to thoroughly explore the gender dimension of institutions is underlined, pointing at the analysis of organizational cultures and practices in all its sectoral, governmental and territorial variability. A further examination of the local conditions and dynamics founded in different institutional settings is needed to define more effective change strategies. This would means to develop more empirical and comparative analysis on the differences between institutions, the characteristics of change processes and the opposition that they trigger.https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/38506géneropoderAdministraciones públicasinstituciones políticastransversalidadcambio
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Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
Revista Española de Ciencia Política
género
poder
Administraciones públicas
instituciones políticas
transversalidad
cambio
author_facet Eva Alfama Guillén
author_sort Eva Alfama Guillén
title Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
title_short Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
title_full Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
title_fullStr Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
title_full_unstemmed Gender, power and Public Administration. On the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. A revision of the literature on gender change
title_sort gender, power and public administration. on the (im) possibility of a pro-equality change. a revision of the literature on gender change
publisher Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA)
series Revista Española de Ciencia Política
issn 1575-6548
2173-9870
publishDate 2015-11-01
description After decades of gender policies implementation, major questions remain about its actual impact and its ability to make more inclusive the policymaking process. This article aims at providing theoretical and analytical tools to understand this problem as a contribution to current debates on the effectiveness of the mainstreaming of gender. In particular, the article discuss how power shapes public institutions and how gender change can be promoted, on the basis of a revision and systematization of gender and policy and gender and organizations scholarship. The need to thoroughly explore the gender dimension of institutions is underlined, pointing at the analysis of organizational cultures and practices in all its sectoral, governmental and territorial variability. A further examination of the local conditions and dynamics founded in different institutional settings is needed to define more effective change strategies. This would means to develop more empirical and comparative analysis on the differences between institutions, the characteristics of change processes and the opposition that they trigger.
topic género
poder
Administraciones públicas
instituciones políticas
transversalidad
cambio
url https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/38506
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