The New Politics of Gender Equality

Political interventions in pursuit of gender equality are currently high on the political agenda, but the transformative potential of women's policy agencies, gender quotas and gender mainstreaming is frequently compromised by the demands of neo-liberal governance on the one hand and essentialist assertions of group identity on the other. This book explores the potential of these strategies arguing that they need to be framed by considerations of democratic justice rather than technocratic utility and complex diversity rather than sexual difference.

JUDITH SQUIRES is Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol. She has written, researched and published widely in the field of gender politics and gender equality

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction: Institutionalizing Gender Equality	p. 1
Gender Equality: A Success Story?	p. 3
Emergence, Implementation and Impact	p. 10
Presence, Voice and Process	p. 12
Governance and Diversity	p. 16
Conclusion	p. 19
Equality Strategies: Quotas, Policy Agencies and Mainstreaming	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Gender Quotas	p. 24
Women's Policy Agencies	p. 32
Gender Mainstreaming	p. 38
Conclusion	p. 48
Making a Difference? Evaluating Impact	p. 52
Introduction	p. 52
Evaluating the Success of Gender Quotas	p. 53
Evaluating the Success of Women's Policy Agencies	p. 60
Evaluating the Success of Gender Mainstreaming	p. 67
Conclusion	p. 73
Working Together? Analysing Interrelations	p. 76
Introduction	p. 76
Competing Strategies	p. 78
Complementary Strategies	p. 81
Conclusions	p. 86
Fair Representation? Quotas	p. 88
Introduction	p. 88
Quotas as Positive Action	p. 91
Quotas as Group Recognition	p. 95
Quotas as Democratic Innovation	p. 101
Quotas as (Strategic) Essentialism?	p. 107
Conclusion	p. 110
Feminist Advocacy? Policy Agencies	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
Women's Policy Agencies as Group Representation	p. 116
The Fragmentation of the Women's Movement	p. 120
Representing a Movement?	p. 125
State Restructuring	p. 129
Conclusion	p. 134
Engendering Governance? Mainstreaming	p. 136
Introduction	p. 136
Mainstreaming as a Governance Strategy	p. 138
Mainstreaming as the Democratization of Expertise	p. 143
Mainstreaming as Rhetorical Entrapment	p. 146
Mainstreaming as Democratic Participation	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 154
Future Challenges: Negotiating Diversity	p. 156
Introduction	p. 156
From Gender to Diversity	p. 157
Intersectionality: Additive and Transversal	p. 161
Diversity Mainstreaming	p. 163
Deliberation and Diversity	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 179
Index	p. 203
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