Gender Equality Architecture
The Intergovernmental Level in Federal Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11961570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marian Sawer (0000-0001-9406-6702, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-372 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8500.12090 |
| OpenAlex | W1500372628 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article provides a first overall account of the intergovernmental components of Australia's gender equality architecture in the period 1978–2014. From the 1990s this is largely a story of institutional fragility. In explaining this, factors identified by scholars of state feminism, such as lack of political will, partisan ideologies and discursive shifts, particularly the increased influence of neoliberal approaches to governance, are taken into account. The new factor introduced is that of executive federalism, characterised by decision‐making behind closed doors. When women's intergovernmental bodies attempted to open doors to community input this proved fruitless, particularly in the area of economic decision‐making. Repeated attempts to introduce gender‐disaggregated reporting on the outcomes of Commonwealth‐State agreements were also largely unsuccessful. The article concludes that the democratic deficits associated with executive federalism – lack of parliamentary oversight or accountability and lack of community consultation – are closely related to the deficits in gender mainstreaming
Accountability · Commonwealth · Corporate governance · Democracy · Doors · Economics · Federalism · Gender equality · Gender mainstreaming · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Public Administration · Architecture
Gendering the European Union
Changing State Feminism
Gender Mainstreaming
Federalism and Social Policy
A Two-Way Street
The Rise and Decline of Women's Policy Machinery in British Columbia and New South Wales
Mainstreaming and the engendering of policy-making
The National Competition Policy
Australian Federalism and Domestic Violence Policy-Making
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |