Mainstreaming Politics: Gendering Practices and Feminist Theory
Carol Bacchi
Joan Eveline
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.
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Author(s)
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Carol Bacchi
Joan Eveline |
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Place of Publication
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Australia
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Publisher
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University of Adelaide
Press
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Publication year
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2010
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Total pages
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390
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Language
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English
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