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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960096203321

Autore

Hoard S

Titolo

Gender Expertise in Public Policy : Towards a Theory of Policy Success / / by S. Hoard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

9781349473687

1349473685

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Gender and Politics, , 2662-5822

Disciplina

320.6/081

Soggetti

Political science

Europe - Politics and government

Communication in politics

Public administration

Sex

Political Science

European Politics

Political Communication

Public Administration

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Knowledge, Expertise, and Public Policy: The Changing Relationship Between Science and Public Policy; The End of Policy Expertise?; Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Expertise; The Need for Gender Expertise in Gender Mainstreaming; Foundations and Contributions; Feminist and Non-Feminist Theories of the Policy Process; Representation; Methodology; Elite Interviews; Online Survey; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Constructing a Database from the Research Network on Gender, Politics, and the State (RNGS) Data

Plan of Book2 Conceptualizing Gender Expertise: Locating the Expertise in Gender Expertise; Context Guideline; Expertise in Non-Feminist Literature; Expertise in Feminist Literature; Naming Guideline; Zones



Guideline; Ubiquitous Knowledge; Specialist Knowledge; Dimensions Guideline; Knowledge; Expertise; Gender Knowledge; Feminist Knowledge; Necessity Guideline; Negation Guideline; Interdependence Guideline; Causal Relationships Guideline; Traveling Guideline; Operationalization Guideline; Conclusion; 3 Locating the Experts: Identifying the Actors, Mapping the Terrain

Multiple Streams Theory and ExpertiseSocial Construction Theory; Social Construction Theory and Expertise; Epistemic Communities; Non-Feminist Policy Literature and Factors Impacting Success; Feminist Comparative Policy Literature and Ingredients for Success; Triangle of Empowerment; Triangle of Empowerment and Expertise; Velvet Triangle; Velvet Triangle and Expertise; Women's Movements and Countermovements; Women's Policy Agencies; Left Support; Gender Mainstreaming; High-Level Support; International Support; Feminist International Relations; Methodology; Thematic Network Analysis; Results

6 Assessing the Factors that Impact the Success of Gender Experts in Public Policy: The Search for Necessity

Sommario/riassunto

Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis of policy debates, this text rethinks our understanding of gender expertise and the circumstances that lead to expert success in public policy.