Paradigm Busters or Poor Cousins
University-Based Research Units Working on Gender Reform in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12809486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelley Moult (0000-0002-4866-9729, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 276-302 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-0851 • E-ISSN: 1557-086X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1557085108323984 |
| OpenAlex | W1983939921 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
South Africa's postdemocracy period has seen profound shifts for gender research units, both in funding, and their relationships with government and their universities. Being almost entirely donor funded, but academically located, these units have to occupy the uncomfortable space at the intersection of academic freedom, acceptable outputs, and available funding. This article examines how these units negotiate these different (and often competing) agendas and evaluates how the current environment affects their ability to influence legislative reform and policy development. This article argues that these researchers and research units have been forced into an elite cluster, which struggle to negotiate the tension between survival, inclusion, and reform. It is further argued that the instability of the funding environment, and the consequently frenetic institutional context, not only cripples these units' ability to strategically engage in gender transformation, but also works against strong relationships among women's movement organizations, or a coordinated and unified gender movement more broadly
Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Government (linguistics · Inclusion (mineral · Legislature · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration
Universities and government‐sponsored contract research
Following Apartheid
The National Research Foundation and priorities for critical research
ANC positions on gender, 1994–2004
Gender equality by design
Voices, Hierarchies and Spaces
Defending and securing rights through law
A Conspiracy of Women
Organising against Gender Violence in South Africa
The Liberal Moment
Fragile Stability
South African higher education in the first decade of democracy
Grants-R-Us
Strategic' Challenges to Gender Inequality the South African Gender Commission
Practice-based Evidence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |