Tensions, Challenges, and Opportunities
Internal Networks Supporting Gender Equality Policy Processes and Structural Change in Universities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12426271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Tildesley (0000-0002-3651-1297, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author), Maria Bustelo (0000-0002-7054-9889, Universidad Complutense de Madrid) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 612-636 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sp/jxae019 |
| OpenAlex | W4404417090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article examines the role of internal networks in supporting gender equality (GE) units and GE policy processes within universities, focusing on the tensions, challenges, and opportunities that can be encountered. Using two illustrative cases from Spain and employing a qualitative approach, it explores how these networks, bridging top-down and bottom-up approaches, navigate the balance between centralized and decentralized approaches in managing and implementing GE plans and the impact of institutionalization. Research has examined GE policy networks and women’s academic participation, but within-university GE networks are less studied. Tensions arise between institutionalization and feminist activism, coordinated action and idea generation, and local ownership and change agents’ limited authority. Challenges include obtaining institutional recognition while maintaining feminist sensibility, emphasizing the importance of nurturing networks. We highlight the productive power of resistance and the need to capitalize on context-specific opportunities for driving structural change in universities
Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Political science · Process management · Regional science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation
Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality
Network Theory and Small Groups
Higher Education Change and Social Networks
Micro Change Agents for Gender Equality
Resistances to gender mainstreaming in organizations
Care policies in practice
Transforming academic research? Resistances to gender mainstreaming implementation in universities
How Dutch and Italian women’s networks mobilize affect to foster transformative change towards gender equality
Resistance to mainstreaming gender into the higher education curriculum
There's Safety in Numbers
Women's formal networking
The Micro‐politics of Gendering in Networking
Agents for Change and Changed Agents
Feminist academic organizations
Diverse experiences of women leading in higher education
Faculty peer networks
Gender Mainstreaming and Resistance to Gender Training
Power Struggles in the Implementation of Gender Equality Policies
Resistance and counter-resistance to gender equality policies in Spanish universities
Thinking about challenges to feminist activism in extra-feminist settings
From Sex Roles to Gendered Institutions
Analysing gender and institutional change in academia
Fostering collaborative approaches to gender equality interventions in higher education and research
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |