Conceptualising Gender in a Swedish Context

This article tries to illuminate the political conceptualisation of gender in twentieth‐century Sweden. It is argued that the notion of gender is partly shaped through a conceptual similarity between an older societal structure with patriarchal principles, marked by a strong gender division of labour, called brukssamhällen (rural industrial communities) and the Swedish welfare state. The local ‘spirit of compromise’ of rural industrial community life survived the industrialisation as an idea, especially the ideas of inclusiveness and the importance of welfare for social cohesion, based on gainful employment. These ideas have also affected the conceptualisation of gender during the twentieth century. This development is brought to light in analyses made by feminist historians, specifically concerning the development of gender relations within the labour movement as well in the general debate

Cohesion (chemistry · Compromise · Context (archaeology · Division of labour · Gainful employment · Gender relations · Industrialisation · Job satisfaction · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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