Gender mainstreaming and the public policy implementation process

Round Pegs in Square Holes

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ID6327037
AuthorsAnne‐marie Mcgauran (Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author), Anne-Marie Mcgauran (Trinity College Dublin)
Year2009
Volume37
Issue2
Pages215-233
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/030557323x16769752601769
OpenAlexW4321449711
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This article argues that the ways in which policies are usually implemented in public sector organisations is contributing to the weak implementation of gender mainstreaming (GM), and that this is relevant for future development of GM implementation strategies. The experience of GM in Ireland is outlined, from the point of view of an inside action researcher. The findings suggest that the organisational characteristics affecting policy implementation in the public sector contribute to GM being implemented in an ‘integrationist’ rather than ‘transformative’ way, and with an emphasis on expert-bureaucratic processes rather than on greater participation with civil society

Action (physics · Bureaucracy · Civil society · Gender equality · Gender mainstreaming · Mainstreaming · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Public relations · Public sector · Sociology · Square (algebra · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration

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