LEADER 04850nam 22006615 450 001 9910835060603321 005 20240312135605.0 010 $a9783031481390 010 $a3031481399 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-48139-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31137072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31137072 035 $a(CKB)30327229400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-48139-0 035 $a(OCoLC)1424749364 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930327229400041 100 $a20240209d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGoverning Gender Equality Policy $ePathways in a Changing Nordic Welfare State /$fby Anna Elomäki, Hanna Ylöstalo 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (213 pages) 225 1 $aGender and Politics,$x2662-5822 311 08$a9783031481383 311 08$a3031481380 327 $aChapter 1- Introduction: Governing Gender Equality Policy in Changing State -- Chapter 2- Theorising Shifting Public Governance from a Feminist Perspective -- Chapter 3- Strategic Governance and Gender Equality Policy -- Chapter 4- Workfare Reform and Family Leave Policy -- Chapter 5 - Economic Governance and Gender Budgeting -- Chapter 6 - Evidence-Based Policy and Feminist Knowledge -- Chapter 7- Conclusions. 330 $aNot as noisy as populist anti-gender campaigns, neoliberal policy regimes pose an equally significant challenge for gender equality projects. Anna Elomäki and Hanna Ylöstalo are incisive in showing how economic policy, strategic management frameworks and an 'evidence hierarchy' constrain feminist claims but also provide footholds. A must-read book for gender equality advocates, practitioners and scholars in the neo-liberal world far beyond Finland. Marian Sawer, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, Australia This rich theoretically driven book retraces state transformations within Finland and shows in excellent empirical case studies how gender actors and practitioners try to keep the balance between feminist knowledge and specific gender policy implementation. Elomäki and Ylöstalo show how neoliberal governance reforms are deeply gendered and shift the meaning of gender equality to suit the purpose of state reform. A must read for anyone interested or involved in gendered state policy and economic governance! Stefanie Wöhl, Professor of Politics, UAS BFI Vienna, Austria This book analyses the effects of public governance reforms on gender equality policy in Finland. Recent economic crises, rising austerity and increasing opposition to gender equality have led to the defunding of gender equality bodies, and the side-lining of gender equality as a political goal. This policy backlash has taken place alongside transformations to the state and governance, that have changed the discourses, knowledge, actors, and practices of gender equality policy. This book contributes to these discussions by demonstrating the subtleties of the constantly changing governance reform agendas, their operation in practice, and how they intertwine with other elements of the gender equality policy backlash. It is based on more than 100 interviews withcivil servants, politicians, non-governmental organisations, social partners, and think tanks, and a broad range of policy documents and media material. It will appeal to students and scholars of gender studies, public policy and governance. Anna Elomäki is Academy Research Fellow at Tampere University, Finland. Her research interests include economic policies and governance, EU politics and gender equality policy. Hanna Ylöstalo is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Her research interests include knowledge-policy relations, welfare state reform and gender equality policy. . 410 0$aGender and Politics,$x2662-5822 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aSex 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aPolitics and Gender 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aGovernance and Government 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aPolitics and Gender. 615 24$aGender Studies. 615 24$aGovernance and Government. 676 $a361.614082094897 700 $aElomäki$b Anna$01256256 701 $aYlöstalo$b Hanna$01749834 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910835060603321 996 $aGoverning Gender Equality Policy$94184245 997 $aUNINA