Equality Machineries Matter
The Impact of Women's Political Pressure on European Social-Care Policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12426355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Inge Bleijenbergh (0000-0002-5796-544X), Conny Roggeband (0000-0003-0060-734X) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 437-459 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| 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/jxm018 |
| OpenAlex | W2082392150 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 30 |
This study examines the impact of feminist pressure and European Union (EU) policies on national policy changes, such as the introduction or extension of public childcare provision, parental leave, and part-time work legislation. We compared six countries on the basis of Qualitative Comparative Analysis and found that women's political pressure, especially through national equality machinery, is a prerequisite for the emergence and extension of social-care policies. Sequence analysis showed that national machineries are crucial in translating EU measures into national policies
Gender equality · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Social pressure · Sociology · State (computer science · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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Caring Time Policies in Western Europe
Determinants of a Silent (R)evolution
Global linkages, the higher education pipeline, and national contexts
QCA, 25 Years after “The Comparative Method
The origins, development, and application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Directions of Decommodification
Gender and Welfare State Regimes
Comparative State Feminism
Integrating Gender
How Social Movements Matter
Recent Changes in Family Policy in France
Who Cares?
Activists beyond Borders
Gender, Class, and Citizenship in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes
The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State
Gender, Social Care and Welfare State Restructuring in Europe
European Social Citizenship and Gender
Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies
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Rationales of Care in Contemporary Welfare States
Paid to Care
Child Care
The European Union and Gender Equality
The Cooptation of Gender Concepts in EU Policies
Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes
Parental Leave and Equal Opportunities
European Social Care Services
Gender and Citizenship What Does a Rights Framework Offer Women
Trading Well-Being for Economic Efficiency
Representations of Difference
Childcare policy in the European states
Lone Mothers in European Welfare Regimes
Women's Movements and the State
After The Family Wage
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Gender in the Welfare State
| Citations per year | 0.59 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |