Mainstreaming Politics: Gendering Practices and Feminist Theory
By Carol Bacchi and Joan Eveline
(eds.)
Coming Soon 2010
Synopsis
This book offers an innovative rethinking of policy approaches to ‘gender equality’ and of the process of social change. It brings several new chapters together with a series of previously published articles to reflect on these topics. A particular focus is gender mainstreaming, a relatively recent development in equality policy in many industrialised and some industrialising countries, as well as in large international organisations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the International Labour Organization.
The book draws upon poststructuralist organisation and policy theory to argue that it is impossible to ‘script’ reform initiatives such as gender mainstreaming. As an alternative it recommends thinking about such policy developments as fields of contestation, shaped by on-the-ground political deliberations and practices, including the discursive practices that produce specific ways of understanding the ‘problem’ of ‘gender inequality’.
In addition to the new chapters the editors Bacchi and Eveline produce brief introductions for each chapter, tracing the development of their ideas over four years. Through these commentaries the book provides exciting insights into the complex processes of collaboration and theory generation.
Mainstreaming Politics is a rich resource for both practitioners in the field and for theorists. In particular it will appeal to those interested in public policy, public administration, organisation studies, sociology, comparative politics and international studies.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Both Bacchi and Eveline are internationally recognised theorists in the field of equality politics. Bacchi’s most recent books include Women, Policy and Politics: the construction of policy problems (Sage 1999) and Analysing Policy: What’s the problem represented to be? (Pearson Education 2009). Eveline’s most recent book is Ivory Basement Leadership: Power and invisibility in the changing university (University of WA Press 2004).
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