The Core Executive
Gender, Power and Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Annesley (0000-0003-3521-9144, University of Manchester), Francesca Gains (0000-0001-9815-3870, University of Manchester) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 909-929 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2010.00824.x |
| OpenAlex | W2102017956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 72 |
| References cited | 52 |
The core executive is a central focus for the study of policy change especially in Westminster-style parliamentary democracies such as the UK. This venue is recognised as the locus of power and where attention should be given for identifying and assessing the process of policy change. It is surprising, then, that studies on women's substantive representation – showing whether and how women can make a difference to politics and policy – have not examined this institution, focusing instead on parliament or women's policy agencies. We plug this gap in scholarship in suggesting that the core executive should be the key venue for examining substantive representation of women. At the same time we present the case that the core executive is a gendered institution in terms of recruitment, resource allocation, relationships and rules. We argue that this gendered disposition shapes the opportunities and constraints available to feminist actors intent on altering the gender emphasis of public policy and illustrate this empirically through a case study of the actions and successes of two feminist ministers – Harriet Harman and Patricia Hewitt. As such this article makes a contribution to mainstream core executive research, gender and politics scholarship as well as the new and feminist institutionalist literatures
Comparative politics · Institution · Mainstream · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Introduction
Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender
Modi regime and the disempowerment of ‘Other Backward Classes’
Collaborative Networks and Institutional Change
The role of women in executive positions and their voice in policymaking in a developing nation
Negotiating Gender Equity in the Global South
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders
Gender Sensitizing Parliaments
Do ministers’ occupational and social class backgrounds influence social spending
Less power, more gender legislation
Brexit, the failure of the British political class, and the case for greater diversity in UK political recruitment
The civil service’s gender diversity agenda under the coalition
Remind you of anyone? Comparing the gendered heroic leadership of Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May
Gender pay gap reporting regulations
Gender mainstreaming and evaluation in the EU
The indirect effect of gender on perceived career and influence among German national parliamentarians
Experiencing the executive
Critical Actors vs. Critical Mass
Investigating the Economic Determinants of the UK Gender Equality Policy Agenda
The Lagarde Effect
Gender and the Collegial Face of Executive Politics
Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments
Policy effectiveness of U.S. governors
The politics of disaggregated family policy
Gender, Greedy Institutions, and the Departmental Court
Gender and the Hidden Life of Institutions
Learning to govern
Elite Ethnographies
Administrative Politicization or Contestability? How Political Advisers Affect Neutral Competence in Policy Processes
To the surprise of absolutely no one
Gendered Jobs
Examining the appointment of women to ministerial positions across Europe
Gender, actors, and institutions at the local level
Gendered exits
Entering the men's domain? Gender and portfolio allocation in European governments
Gendered political resources
Gendering politics and policy
The profile of gender equality issue attention in Western E urope
Intersectionality, NGOs and executives
Still a ‘Male Business’? Explaining Women’s Presence in Executive Office
Lawyers, Gender, and Money
Do Government Positions Held by Women Matter? A Cross-National Examination of Female Ministers' Impacts on Women's Political Participation
Negotiating Gendered Institutions
Rules of Ministerial Recruitment
How is Institutional Formation Gendered, and Does it Make a Difference? A New Conceptual Framework and a Case Study of Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales
It's a Long Way to the Top
Measuring the Quality of Politicians Elected by Gender Quotas – Are They Any Different
How Are Political Institutions Gendered
Gendering Discretion
The Grit in the Oyster? Women’s Parliamentary Organizations and the Substantive Representation of Women
Conflicting Institutions and the Search for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court
Achieving sex equality in executive appointments
The Future of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies
Can Cameron Capture Women's Votes? The Gendered Impediments to a Conservative Majority in 2015
The Effects of Women's Descriptive Representation on Government Behavior
New Institutionalism Through a Gender Lens
The direction of gender equality policy in Britain post-Brexit
From Gender Equity to Gendered Assignments? Women and Cabinet Committees in Canada and the United Kingdom
Corruption and women in cabinets
Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment
The gender politics of executive candidate selection and reselection
The winners of legislative mandate
Interpersonal Resources and Insider/Outsider Dynamics in Party Office
Representation and Ministerial Influence on Cabinet Committees in Canada
When the House is Not a Home
The (un)lucky country
Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics
The hegemonic gender order in politics
Feminist Activism and the Politics of Reform
Analysing gender and institutional change in academia
Institutional Change in Constrained Circumstances
Gendered Representation and Critical Mass
Changing Patterns of Government
Engendering Transitions
Policy Networks in British Government
Political Recruitment
Governance Stories
The Core Executive in Britain
Building New Labour
New Labour's Women MPs
Comparative State Feminism
The Private Government of Public Money
New Labour and the Civil Service
The Treasury and Social Policy
The Treasury & Social Policy
Changing State Feminism
Prime Minister, Cabinet and Core Executive
Women and New LabourEngendering politics and policy?
Theorizing Feminist Policy
Gender, Institutions and Power
Looking at gender mainstreaming in the UK government
New Labour, Gender Mainstreaming and the Women and Equality Unit
Central Government Departments and the Policy Process
Implementing Privatization Policies in ‘Next Steps’ Agencies
The UK Core Executive's Use of Public Service Agreements as a Tool of Governance
The Civil Service Under Stress
Governance in Whitehall
The Tangled Webs of Westminster and Whitehall
Hardware, Software or Network Connection?’ Theorizing Crisis in the UK Next Steps Agencies
Making Policymakers More Gender Aware
Girl Power, Mainstreaming and Critical Mass
Rethinking Women's Substantive Representation
Thick’ Conceptions of Substantive Representation
Comparing Political Institutions
Women Rule
Prime Ministers, Presidentialism and Westminster Smokescreens
Critical Mass Theory and Women's Political Representation
Women Representatives Acting for Women
Producing the Right Sort of Chap
Gender Struggles in the British Labour Party from 1979 to 1995
Mainstreaming in Westminster and Whitehall
Women Peers and Political Appointment
Women, Political Leadership and Substantive Representation
Women's Political Agency and Welfare Reform
The Blair Government and the Core Executive
Unequal Plurality
Gender, Politics and Policy Change
Mainstreaming Gender in Global Public Policy
| Unique citing works | 72 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 72 |