05063nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-48139-0 DE-He213 20251030111421.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240209s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031481390 978-3-031-48139-0 10.1007/978-3-031-48139-0 doi JF1525.P6 JPP bicssc POL028000 bisacsh JPP thema Elomäki, Anna. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 70821 Governing Gender Equality Policy [electronic resource] : Pathways in a Changing Nordic Welfare State / by Anna Elomäki, Hanna Ylöstalo. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVII, 201 p. 4 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Gender and Politics, 2662-5822 Chapter 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. Not 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. . Political planning. 57717 Identity politics. Sex. 66477 Political science. 58714 Public Policy. 65508 Politics and Gender. 70207 Gender Studies. 66478 Governance and Government. Ylöstalo, Hanna. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 70822 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031481383 Printed edition: 9783031481406 Printed edition: 9783031481413 Gender and Politics, 2662-5822 70823 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48139-0 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 57556 57556