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Equality Governance via Policy Analysis? The Implementation of Gender Impact Assessment in the European Union and Gender-based Analysis in Canada
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Abstract Gender impact assessment has been both celebrated as a beacon of hope for the cause of gender equality and criticised as being ineffectual. More than 20 years of gender mainstreaming have demonstrated that equality governance with and through impact assessment is an intersectional and still evolving... view more
Gender impact assessment has been both celebrated as a beacon of hope for the cause of gender equality and criticised as being ineffectual. More than 20 years of gender mainstreaming have demonstrated that equality governance with and through impact assessment is an intersectional and still evolving process. Arn T. Sauer's study examines the instruments of gendered policy analysis and the conditions under which they are being used by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission. Interviews with experts from public administration and instrument designers as well as document analyses reveal benefits and challenges and show that the success of equality governance depends upon whether knowledge about gendered policy and appropriate administrative practices are embedded, embodied and entrenched in public administration.... view less
Keywords
Canada; EU; gender mainstreaming; gender studies; gender-specific factors; governance; gender relations; gender policy
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Free Keywords
Accountability; Administration; Gender; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Gender Studies; Governance; Intersectionality; Law; Policy; Policy Analysis; Political Science; Politics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
568 p.
Series
Edition Politik, 68
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839443767
ISBN
978-3-8394-4376-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0