Technocracy or transformation? Mapping women's policy agencies and orienting gender (in)equality in the Canadian provinces

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ID9784337
AuthorsStephanie Paterson (0009-0007-5421-4329, corresponding author), Patrik Marier (0000-0003-4551-6716), Felix Chu
Year2016
Volume59
Issue3
Pages405-424
Publication date2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/capa.12178
OpenAlexW2516584233
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited30

Canadian gender equality policy has taken a “technocratic turn” that favours bureaucratic expertise to monitor and measure (in)equality rather than participatory and consultative mechanisms. While the processes and impacts of this shift are well documented at the federal level, less is known at the provincial level. This article takes stock of provincial gender equality mechanisms, demonstrating variations in women's policy agencies (WPAs) across the ten provinces. It then links these variations to the discursive politics of gender equality within each province. We demonstrate that the potential for transformative orientations of gender equality emerges in WPAs with broad consultative mechanisms

Bureaucracy · Citizen journalism · Gender equality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technocracy · Transformative learning · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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