Rachel Minto
Biographic Data
| ID | 4381262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Minto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Minto |
| SIGNATURE | MINTO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0040-3198 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Structuring women’s interest representation in Europe: Between Europeanisation, regionalisation and de-Europeanisation in the UK
This article brings a multi-level perspective to women’s interest representation in Europe by exploring how processes of Europeanisation, de-Europeanisation and regionalisation interact to shape multi-level structures in civil society. Taking the case of the UK’s membership of the European Women’s Lobby and adopting a longitudinal perspective (1989–2022), the article analyses new empirical data from interviews, a witness seminar and archival text…
Eco-equalities for a Just Transition to Net Zero: Applying an equality mainstreaming framework
There were hopes that Net Zero policies would provide solutions that address social inequalities, including improved access to fair work and new ‘green’ jobs. This has proved problematic due to a lack of clarity on key beneficiaries and the type and quality of employment required, resulting in calls for Net Zero policies to focus more explicitly on social inequalities. In response, this paper considers whether theoretical debates in the equality …
UK intergovernmental relations: On state-form, sovereignty and Brexit
This article contributes to scholarship on intergovernmental relations (IGR) and de-Europeanisation through analysis of IGR in the UK following devolution, pre- and post-Brexit. We argue that incommensurable understandings of the post-devolution state at the central and devolved levels – and related, contradictory expectations about how IGR should operate – precludes the existence of any mutually satisfactory IGR arrangements in the UK. The state…
The Dynamics of De‐Europeanisation in a Multilevel Context: Resistance and Power Politics in Scotland and Wales
In recent years, theoretical models which seek to capture the dynamics of European integration and Europeanisation have turned their attention to new processes of disintegration and de‐Europeanisation , presenting new understandings of where politics, policy‐makers and public opinion have moved to roll back integration. In this article, looking at the process of de‐Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales since 2016, we take forward this scholarship…
Between cooperation and conflict: Explaining strategies of regional paradiplomacy towards the EU in regions inside, outside and in transition (1992–2022)
Theoretical scholarship on the practice of paradiplomacy has not kept pace with empirical analysis. Many of the core concepts used to map paradiplomacy in scholarly literature remain generic and overly broad in scope. This Special Issue (SI) advances a fuller understanding of the dynamics, types and impacts of paradiplomacy towards the EU over the past 30 years by collating evidence of the practice of substate interactions from regions inside, ou…
Sub-states in transition: Changing patterns of EU paradiplomacy in Scotland and Wales, 1992–2021
This article sheds new light on the dynamics of Scottish and Welsh relations with the European Union (EU). We analyse the development of Scotland and Wales’s ‘paradiplomacy’ over a 30-year period (1992–2021), offering the first comprehensive analysis of the EU-focused activities of sub-states transitioning out of the EU. We identify the significance of the interplay between a territory’s formal constitutional position and differences in party pol…
European networks, domestic governance and the second-order effects of Brexit
The European Union and Regional gender equality agendas: Wales in the shadow of Brexit
This article explores what the UK’s European Union membership has meant for the development of a distinctive, substate equalities agenda in Wales. An analysis of interview data through the lens of feminist institutionalism reveals European Union membership as integral to the emergence of Wales’ approach to gender equality, with Welsh equality advocates using access to European Union norms and funding to establish and legitimize more progressive i…
Sticky Networks in Times of Change: The Case of the European Women's Lobby and Brexit
Addressing the case of the UK's membership of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), this article explores the significance of European Union (EU) civil society organization (CSO) membership for domestic CSOs and, in turn, the impact of Brexit on (the nature of) that membership. Analysis adopts a territorial perspective to reflect the UK's ‘four nations’ approach to representation, which affords the constituent sub‐state CSOs notable access to this Eu…
Policy evaluation and gender mainstreaming in the European Union: The perfect (mis)match
This article assesses the ability of the European Commission’s current approach to policy evaluation to evaluate gender mainstreaming and, in turn, other cross-cutting social agendas (Articles 8–10 TFEU). Taking European Union research policy as a case study, through our analysis, we reveal mismatches between current evaluation standards adopted within the Better Regulation framework and requirements for effectively assessing progress towards cro…
Gender mainstreaming and evaluation in the EU: Comparative perspectives from feminist institutionalism
This article presents a focused comparative analysis of the institutionalization of two governance practices in the European Commission that levy distinct challenges to the gender status quo: gender mainstreaming (which overtly challenges gender bias) and evaluation (which does not have explicit feminist aspirations). With reference to five dimensions, we identify evaluation as relatively strongly institutionalized, and gender mainstreaming as re…
Between intergovernmental relations and paradiplomacy: Wales and the Brexit of the regions
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is an assertion of UK nation-state sovereignty. Notwithstanding this state-centrism, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have distinct interests to protect as part of the Brexit negotiations. This article explores how the interests of one regional case, Wales, were accommodated in the pre-negotiation phase, at a domestic level—through intergovernmental structures—and an EU level throug…
Winners and Losers: The EU Referendum Vote and its Consequences for Wales
In the June 2016 EU Referendum, Wales voted to leave the EU - in the face of strong political support to remain. Whilst Wales’s vote puts it on the ‘winning’ Leave side, the process of leaving the EU will bring with it some tangible losses that will impact Wales differently from the rest of the UK. In the immediate aftermath of the vote, there was widespread consternation about why Wales, as a net beneficiary due to significant receipts of Struct…
Introduction: The UK and the European Union
A Changing UK in a Changing Europe: The UK State between European Union and Devolution
Two issues currently dominate the UK 's constitutional landscape: the UK 's membership of the European Union ( EU ) on the one hand; and the unsettled constitutional settlements between the UK and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the other. This article considers these two issues in concert. It stresses the distinct relationships between the EU and the devolved territories within the UK —concerning both devo…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
A Changing UK in a Changing Europe: The UK State between European Union and Devolution
Two issues currently dominate the UK 's constitutional landscape: the UK 's membership of the European Union ( EU ) on the one hand; and the unsettled constitutional settlements between the UK and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the other. This article considers these two issues in concert. It stresses the distinct relationships between the EU and the devolved territories within the UK —concerning both devo…
Gender mainstreaming and evaluation in the EU: Comparative perspectives from feminist institutionalism
This article presents a focused comparative analysis of the institutionalization of two governance practices in the European Commission that levy distinct challenges to the gender status quo: gender mainstreaming (which overtly challenges gender bias) and evaluation (which does not have explicit feminist aspirations). With reference to five dimensions, we identify evaluation as relatively strongly institutionalized, and gender mainstreaming as re…
Between intergovernmental relations and paradiplomacy: Wales and the Brexit of the regions
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is an assertion of UK nation-state sovereignty. Notwithstanding this state-centrism, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have distinct interests to protect as part of the Brexit negotiations. This article explores how the interests of one regional case, Wales, were accommodated in the pre-negotiation phase, at a domestic level—through intergovernmental structures—and an EU level throug…
The European Union and Regional gender equality agendas: Wales in the shadow of Brexit
This article explores what the UK’s European Union membership has meant for the development of a distinctive, substate equalities agenda in Wales. An analysis of interview data through the lens of feminist institutionalism reveals European Union membership as integral to the emergence of Wales’ approach to gender equality, with Welsh equality advocates using access to European Union norms and funding to establish and legitimize more progressive i…
Sticky Networks in Times of Change: The Case of the European Women's Lobby and Brexit
Addressing the case of the UK's membership of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), this article explores the significance of European Union (EU) civil society organization (CSO) membership for domestic CSOs and, in turn, the impact of Brexit on (the nature of) that membership. Analysis adopts a territorial perspective to reflect the UK's ‘four nations’ approach to representation, which affords the constituent sub‐state CSOs notable access to this Eu…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
Sub-states in transition: Changing patterns of EU paradiplomacy in Scotland and Wales, 1992–2021
This article sheds new light on the dynamics of Scottish and Welsh relations with the European Union (EU). We analyse the development of Scotland and Wales’s ‘paradiplomacy’ over a 30-year period (1992–2021), offering the first comprehensive analysis of the EU-focused activities of sub-states transitioning out of the EU. We identify the significance of the interplay between a territory’s formal constitutional position and differences in party pol…
Introduction: The UK and the European Union
The Dynamics of De‐Europeanisation in a Multilevel Context: Resistance and Power Politics in Scotland and Wales
In recent years, theoretical models which seek to capture the dynamics of European integration and Europeanisation have turned their attention to new processes of disintegration and de‐Europeanisation , presenting new understandings of where politics, policy‐makers and public opinion have moved to roll back integration. In this article, looking at the process of de‐Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales since 2016, we take forward this scholarship…
European networks, domestic governance and the second-order effects of Brexit
Policy evaluation and gender mainstreaming in the European Union: The perfect (mis)match
This article assesses the ability of the European Commission’s current approach to policy evaluation to evaluate gender mainstreaming and, in turn, other cross-cutting social agendas (Articles 8–10 TFEU). Taking European Union research policy as a case study, through our analysis, we reveal mismatches between current evaluation standards adopted within the Better Regulation framework and requirements for effectively assessing progress towards cro…
Winners and Losers: The EU Referendum Vote and its Consequences for Wales
In the June 2016 EU Referendum, Wales voted to leave the EU - in the face of strong political support to remain. Whilst Wales’s vote puts it on the ‘winning’ Leave side, the process of leaving the EU will bring with it some tangible losses that will impact Wales differently from the rest of the UK. In the immediate aftermath of the vote, there was widespread consternation about why Wales, as a net beneficiary due to significant receipts of Struct…
Winners and Losers: The EU Referendum Vote and its Consequences for Wales
In the June 2016 EU Referendum, Wales voted to leave the EU - in the face of strong political support to remain. Whilst Wales’s vote puts it on the ‘winning’ Leave side, the process of leaving the EU will bring with it some tangible losses that will impact Wales differently from the rest of the UK. In the immediate aftermath of the vote, there was widespread consternation about why Wales, as a net beneficiary due to significant receipts of Struct…
Introduction: The UK and the European Union
A Changing UK in a Changing Europe: The UK State between European Union and Devolution
Two issues currently dominate the UK 's constitutional landscape: the UK 's membership of the European Union ( EU ) on the one hand; and the unsettled constitutional settlements between the UK and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on the other. This article considers these two issues in concert. It stresses the distinct relationships between the EU and the devolved territories within the UK —concerning both devo…
Are integrated impact assessments the way forward for mainstreaming in the European Union
This article assesses the utility of impact assessments (IAs) as an effective tool for mainstreaming. Specifically, it analyses whether the European Union's (EU's) system of integrated impact assessments (IIAs) contributes to the realization of six mainstreaming objectives defined in the EU treaties. The article first studies whether the legal framework for the EU's system of IIAs makes it a viable tool for mainstreaming. It then proceeds with an…
Between intergovernmental relations and paradiplomacy: Wales and the Brexit of the regions
The United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is an assertion of UK nation-state sovereignty. Notwithstanding this state-centrism, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have distinct interests to protect as part of the Brexit negotiations. This article explores how the interests of one regional case, Wales, were accommodated in the pre-negotiation phase, at a domestic level—through intergovernmental structures—and an EU level throug…
Gender mainstreaming and evaluation in the EU: Comparative perspectives from feminist institutionalism
This article presents a focused comparative analysis of the institutionalization of two governance practices in the European Commission that levy distinct challenges to the gender status quo: gender mainstreaming (which overtly challenges gender bias) and evaluation (which does not have explicit feminist aspirations). With reference to five dimensions, we identify evaluation as relatively strongly institutionalized, and gender mainstreaming as re…
Policy evaluation and gender mainstreaming in the European Union: The perfect (mis)match
This article assesses the ability of the European Commission’s current approach to policy evaluation to evaluate gender mainstreaming and, in turn, other cross-cutting social agendas (Articles 8–10 TFEU). Taking European Union research policy as a case study, through our analysis, we reveal mismatches between current evaluation standards adopted within the Better Regulation framework and requirements for effectively assessing progress towards cro…
The European Union and Regional gender equality agendas: Wales in the shadow of Brexit
This article explores what the UK’s European Union membership has meant for the development of a distinctive, substate equalities agenda in Wales. An analysis of interview data through the lens of feminist institutionalism reveals European Union membership as integral to the emergence of Wales’ approach to gender equality, with Welsh equality advocates using access to European Union norms and funding to establish and legitimize more progressive i…
Sticky Networks in Times of Change: The Case of the European Women's Lobby and Brexit
Addressing the case of the UK's membership of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), this article explores the significance of European Union (EU) civil society organization (CSO) membership for domestic CSOs and, in turn, the impact of Brexit on (the nature of) that membership. Analysis adopts a territorial perspective to reflect the UK's ‘four nations’ approach to representation, which affords the constituent sub‐state CSOs notable access to this Eu…
European networks, domestic governance and the second-order effects of Brexit
Sub-states in transition: Changing patterns of EU paradiplomacy in Scotland and Wales, 1992–2021
This article sheds new light on the dynamics of Scottish and Welsh relations with the European Union (EU). We analyse the development of Scotland and Wales’s ‘paradiplomacy’ over a 30-year period (1992–2021), offering the first comprehensive analysis of the EU-focused activities of sub-states transitioning out of the EU. We identify the significance of the interplay between a territory’s formal constitutional position and differences in party pol…
Between cooperation and conflict: Explaining strategies of regional paradiplomacy towards the EU in regions inside, outside and in transition (1992–2022)
Theoretical scholarship on the practice of paradiplomacy has not kept pace with empirical analysis. Many of the core concepts used to map paradiplomacy in scholarly literature remain generic and overly broad in scope. This Special Issue (SI) advances a fuller understanding of the dynamics, types and impacts of paradiplomacy towards the EU over the past 30 years by collating evidence of the practice of substate interactions from regions inside, ou…
UK intergovernmental relations: On state-form, sovereignty and Brexit
This article contributes to scholarship on intergovernmental relations (IGR) and de-Europeanisation through analysis of IGR in the UK following devolution, pre- and post-Brexit. We argue that incommensurable understandings of the post-devolution state at the central and devolved levels – and related, contradictory expectations about how IGR should operate – precludes the existence of any mutually satisfactory IGR arrangements in the UK. The state…
The Dynamics of De‐Europeanisation in a Multilevel Context: Resistance and Power Politics in Scotland and Wales
In recent years, theoretical models which seek to capture the dynamics of European integration and Europeanisation have turned their attention to new processes of disintegration and de‐Europeanisation , presenting new understandings of where politics, policy‐makers and public opinion have moved to roll back integration. In this article, looking at the process of de‐Europeanisation in Scotland and Wales since 2016, we take forward this scholarship…
Structuring women’s interest representation in Europe: Between Europeanisation, regionalisation and de-Europeanisation in the UK
This article brings a multi-level perspective to women’s interest representation in Europe by exploring how processes of Europeanisation, de-Europeanisation and regionalisation interact to shape multi-level structures in civil society. Taking the case of the UK’s membership of the European Women’s Lobby and adopting a longitudinal perspective (1989–2022), the article analyses new empirical data from interviews, a witness seminar and archival text…
Eco-equalities for a Just Transition to Net Zero: Applying an equality mainstreaming framework
There were hopes that Net Zero policies would provide solutions that address social inequalities, including improved access to fair work and new ‘green’ jobs. This has proved problematic due to a lack of clarity on key beneficiaries and the type and quality of employment required, resulting in calls for Net Zero policies to focus more explicitly on social inequalities. In response, this paper considers whether theoretical debates in the equality …
Political science (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Law (12 works) · European union (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (8 works) · International trade (8 works)