Christina Bergqvist
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180007 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Bergqvist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergqvist |
| SIGNATURE | BERGQVIST C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4985-6785 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The State as a Norm‐Builder? The Take‐up of Parental Leave in Norway and Sweden
This study shows that although Norway and Sweden have rather similar family policies, the seemingly small differences that exist reflect different national ideals of care, and these differences encourage parents to employ different gendered moral rationalities. However, Sweden's ideal of ‘equal‐sharing/professional care’, encourages fathers to take longer leaves than the Norwegian ideal of ‘partial sharing plus choosing between professional or pa…
The gendered leeway
This article addresses the question of why male politicians continue to be relatively unlikely to act in favor of gender-equality policy change, despite the advances in gender equality in recent decades. Drawing together literature on men and masculinities, feminist institutionalism and women’s substantive representation, we present a theoretical argument in which we distinguish between an internal and an external mandate to push for gender-equal…
Social Policy Change
The rise of the adult worker family norm across countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development has created challenges for reconciling work and family life as the unpaid work of the female caregiver can no longer be assumed. The article compares childcare arrangements and maternity/parental leave programmes in Sweden, Australia and Canada that attempt to address these challenges. Sweden was an early innovator, establishing…
When Class Trumps Sex
One challenge within gender and politics literature is understanding the circumstances under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article analyzes a “failed” case of adoption in a gender-progressive setting: the Swedish Social Democrats' failure in 2005 to reform parental leave legislation by extending the quota for each parent. The analysis builds on interviews with high-ranking party representatives—both advocates and opponents of t…
Analysing Failure, Understanding Success
One of the major challenges within feminist research is to understand the conditions under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article addresses the issue from a methodological point of view: it suggests that previous research on gender equality policy adoption has mostly focused on "successful" cases, and it presents a research strategy for systematically analysing opposition and "failed" attempts at gender equality policy adoption,…
Convergent care regimes? Childcare arrangements in Australia, Canada, Finland and Sweden
This article is about the transnational movement of policy discourses on childcare. It considers whether the spread of neoliberal ideas with their emphasis on marketisation, on the one hand, and a social investment discourse on the other, are leading to convergence in childcare arrangements in Nordic countries (Finland and Sweden) and liberal Anglo-Saxon countries (Australia and Canada). We find points of convergence around both themes at the lev…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Gender Mainstreaming
This article examines gender mainstreaming in Sweden, which is an interesting case because several favorable conditions make its implementation likely. It addresses two main questions: (1) to what extent has gender mainstreaming been implemented and (2) what are the consequences? The article first discusses the pros and cons of gender mainstreaming as reflected in the international feminist debate. It then briefly describes the favorable conditio…
Gender mainstreaming ‘à la suédoise’
Cet article examine l’application du gender mainstreaming en Suède, un cas intéressant car plusieurs des conditions propices à sa mise en œuvre y sont réunies. Il pose deux questions principales : 1) comment le gender mainstreaming est-il mis en œuvre ? et 2) avec quelles conséquences ? Après avoir exposé les arguments pour et contre le gender mainstreaming tels qu’ils ressortent du débat féministe international, l’article décrit ensuite brièveme…
Swedish State Feminism
In an international context, Sweden and the other Nordic countries have attracted attention because of their policies to combat inequalities between women and men and their high rankings on various gender equality indicators. Central to the countries’ gender policy regime have been policies to encourage women to become earners and men to become carers, such as individual taxation, provision of affordable childcare, and generous paid parental leav…
Adaptation or Diffusion of the Swedish Gender Model?
In the late 1980s, Helga Maria Hernes (1987) formulated the thesis that the Scandinavian welfare states have gone further than other welfare states in achieving equality between the sexes. Since then, Sweden has joined the European Union (EU), and questions have been raised about the extent to which EU membership may change the Swedish gender model and/or influence thinking on gender issues in other member states and at EU level. Hernes (1987, p.…
Corporatism and gender equality
This article is part of a broader study of women's representation and influence in the corporatist sector of public decision‐making in Sweden. In an international perspective, Sweden has a remarkably high proportion of women politicians on all levels (between 30–45%), and women constitute about half of the participants in the labour market and of union members. However, in the decision‐making processes of the unions and in corporatist arrangement…
Convergent care regimes? Childcare arrangements in Australia, Canada, Finland and Sweden
This article is about the transnational movement of policy discourses on childcare. It considers whether the spread of neoliberal ideas with their emphasis on marketisation, on the one hand, and a social investment discourse on the other, are leading to convergence in childcare arrangements in Nordic countries (Finland and Sweden) and liberal Anglo-Saxon countries (Australia and Canada). We find points of convergence around both themes at the lev…
Analysing Failure, Understanding Success
One of the major challenges within feminist research is to understand the conditions under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article addresses the issue from a methodological point of view: it suggests that previous research on gender equality policy adoption has mostly focused on "successful" cases, and it presents a research strategy for systematically analysing opposition and "failed" attempts at gender equality policy adoption,…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Gender Mainstreaming
This article examines gender mainstreaming in Sweden, which is an interesting case because several favorable conditions make its implementation likely. It addresses two main questions: (1) to what extent has gender mainstreaming been implemented and (2) what are the consequences? The article first discusses the pros and cons of gender mainstreaming as reflected in the international feminist debate. It then briefly describes the favorable conditio…
When Class Trumps Sex
One challenge within gender and politics literature is understanding the circumstances under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article analyzes a “failed” case of adoption in a gender-progressive setting: the Swedish Social Democrats' failure in 2005 to reform parental leave legislation by extending the quota for each parent. The analysis builds on interviews with high-ranking party representatives—both advocates and opponents of t…
The gendered leeway
This article addresses the question of why male politicians continue to be relatively unlikely to act in favor of gender-equality policy change, despite the advances in gender equality in recent decades. Drawing together literature on men and masculinities, feminist institutionalism and women’s substantive representation, we present a theoretical argument in which we distinguish between an internal and an external mandate to push for gender-equal…
Social Policy Change
The rise of the adult worker family norm across countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development has created challenges for reconciling work and family life as the unpaid work of the female caregiver can no longer be assumed. The article compares childcare arrangements and maternity/parental leave programmes in Sweden, Australia and Canada that attempt to address these challenges. Sweden was an early innovator, establishing…
The State as a Norm‐Builder? The Take‐up of Parental Leave in Norway and Sweden
This study shows that although Norway and Sweden have rather similar family policies, the seemingly small differences that exist reflect different national ideals of care, and these differences encourage parents to employ different gendered moral rationalities. However, Sweden's ideal of ‘equal‐sharing/professional care’, encourages fathers to take longer leaves than the Norwegian ideal of ‘partial sharing plus choosing between professional or pa…
Corporatism and gender equality
This article is part of a broader study of women's representation and influence in the corporatist sector of public decision‐making in Sweden. In an international perspective, Sweden has a remarkably high proportion of women politicians on all levels (between 30–45%), and women constitute about half of the participants in the labour market and of union members. However, in the decision‐making processes of the unions and in corporatist arrangement…
Gender mainstreaming ‘à la suédoise’
Cet article examine l’application du gender mainstreaming en Suède, un cas intéressant car plusieurs des conditions propices à sa mise en œuvre y sont réunies. Il pose deux questions principales : 1) comment le gender mainstreaming est-il mis en œuvre ? et 2) avec quelles conséquences ? Après avoir exposé les arguments pour et contre le gender mainstreaming tels qu’ils ressortent du débat féministe international, l’article décrit ensuite brièveme…
Corporatism and gender equality
This article is part of a broader study of women's representation and influence in the corporatist sector of public decision‐making in Sweden. In an international perspective, Sweden has a remarkably high proportion of women politicians on all levels (between 30–45%), and women constitute about half of the participants in the labour market and of union members. However, in the decision‐making processes of the unions and in corporatist arrangement…
Adaptation or Diffusion of the Swedish Gender Model?
In the late 1980s, Helga Maria Hernes (1987) formulated the thesis that the Scandinavian welfare states have gone further than other welfare states in achieving equality between the sexes. Since then, Sweden has joined the European Union (EU), and questions have been raised about the extent to which EU membership may change the Swedish gender model and/or influence thinking on gender issues in other member states and at EU level. Hernes (1987, p.…
Swedish State Feminism
In an international context, Sweden and the other Nordic countries have attracted attention because of their policies to combat inequalities between women and men and their high rankings on various gender equality indicators. Central to the countries’ gender policy regime have been policies to encourage women to become earners and men to become carers, such as individual taxation, provision of affordable childcare, and generous paid parental leav…
Gender mainstreaming ‘à la suédoise’
Cet article examine l’application du gender mainstreaming en Suède, un cas intéressant car plusieurs des conditions propices à sa mise en œuvre y sont réunies. Il pose deux questions principales : 1) comment le gender mainstreaming est-il mis en œuvre ? et 2) avec quelles conséquences ? Après avoir exposé les arguments pour et contre le gender mainstreaming tels qu’ils ressortent du débat féministe international, l’article décrit ensuite brièveme…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Gender Mainstreaming
This article examines gender mainstreaming in Sweden, which is an interesting case because several favorable conditions make its implementation likely. It addresses two main questions: (1) to what extent has gender mainstreaming been implemented and (2) what are the consequences? The article first discusses the pros and cons of gender mainstreaming as reflected in the international feminist debate. It then briefly describes the favorable conditio…
Convergent care regimes? Childcare arrangements in Australia, Canada, Finland and Sweden
This article is about the transnational movement of policy discourses on childcare. It considers whether the spread of neoliberal ideas with their emphasis on marketisation, on the one hand, and a social investment discourse on the other, are leading to convergence in childcare arrangements in Nordic countries (Finland and Sweden) and liberal Anglo-Saxon countries (Australia and Canada). We find points of convergence around both themes at the lev…
Analysing Failure, Understanding Success
One of the major challenges within feminist research is to understand the conditions under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article addresses the issue from a methodological point of view: it suggests that previous research on gender equality policy adoption has mostly focused on "successful" cases, and it presents a research strategy for systematically analysing opposition and "failed" attempts at gender equality policy adoption,…
When Class Trumps Sex
One challenge within gender and politics literature is understanding the circumstances under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article analyzes a “failed” case of adoption in a gender-progressive setting: the Swedish Social Democrats' failure in 2005 to reform parental leave legislation by extending the quota for each parent. The analysis builds on interviews with high-ranking party representatives—both advocates and opponents of t…
The gendered leeway
This article addresses the question of why male politicians continue to be relatively unlikely to act in favor of gender-equality policy change, despite the advances in gender equality in recent decades. Drawing together literature on men and masculinities, feminist institutionalism and women’s substantive representation, we present a theoretical argument in which we distinguish between an internal and an external mandate to push for gender-equal…
Social Policy Change
The rise of the adult worker family norm across countries of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development has created challenges for reconciling work and family life as the unpaid work of the female caregiver can no longer be assumed. The article compares childcare arrangements and maternity/parental leave programmes in Sweden, Australia and Canada that attempt to address these challenges. Sweden was an early innovator, establishing…
The State as a Norm‐Builder? The Take‐up of Parental Leave in Norway and Sweden
This study shows that although Norway and Sweden have rather similar family policies, the seemingly small differences that exist reflect different national ideals of care, and these differences encourage parents to employ different gendered moral rationalities. However, Sweden's ideal of ‘equal‐sharing/professional care’, encourages fathers to take longer leaves than the Norwegian ideal of ‘partial sharing plus choosing between professional or pa…
Political science (11 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Gender equality (8 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (8 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works)