A defence of gender-based affirmative action grounded on a comparison of the United States and of the European Union models
Autor/in:
Crusmac, Oana
Quelle: Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 19 (2019) 1, S 35-56
Inhalt: This article presents a defence of gender-based affirmative action programmes against its critiques. It starts from an overview of the history and main criticisms addressing affirmative action programmes, and then proposes several arguments against these criticisms. Several rationales are to be found at the core of this article: first, women still face discrimination in regard to access to education and employment. This position relies on the statistical data referring to both the U.S. and the E.U. Second, gender-based affirmative action should be treated differently than race-based affirmative action since women's discrimination on the labour market stems mainly from traditional gender norms largely exerted within the family and exercised through state's family policies (e.g. childcare policies). Third, despite the fact that the article defends gender-based affirmative action against the main critiques, it also argues that this measure alone is an inefficient method to tackle gender inequality. The article concludes that gender-based affirmative action programmes are not effective methods to tackle gender inequality because they address only one part of the problem, namely gender inequality encountered in the public sphere (education and employment), while completely ignoring family and caring responsibilities.
Rezension: Andrea Löther, Birgit Riegraf (Hrsg.), 2017: Gleichstellungspolitik und Geschlechterforschung. Veränderte Governance und Geschlechterarrangements in der Wissenschaft
Autor/in:
Vollmer, Lina
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 10 (2018) 2, S 152-154
Rezensiertes Werk:Löther, Andrea; Riegraf, Birgit (Hrsg.): Gleichstellungspolitik und Geschlechterforschung: veränderte Governance und Geschlechterarrangements in der Wissenschaft. CEWS-Beiträge Frauen in Wissenschaft und Forschung, Bd. 8. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich 2017. 978-3-8474-2055-2
Gender and the EU's Support for Security Sector Reform in Fragile Contexts
Autor/in:
Ansorg, Nadine; Haastrup, Toni
Quelle: JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (2018) 5, S 1127–1143
Inhalt: How does the European Union (EU) include 'gender' within its support to security sector reform (SSR) programmes? The EU has committed to include gender perspectives by implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) within its foreign security practices. While researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of integrating gender issues into SSR operational effectiveness, there is limited knowledge about how this functions within the EU's security architecture. This article uses Feminist Institutionalism (FI) to understand the process of gender mainstreaming within the EU's support to SSR programmes. It does this by using two crucial theory‐testing cases of SSR programmes - Ukraine and Afghanistan. It finds that the EU's ability to promote gender inclusive approaches to SSR is limited by the structure of the EU's own assumptions and capabilities, and institutional constraints in third countries. At the same time, the cases underscore the importance of individuals as agents of change.
Equality Governance via Policy Analysis? The Implementation of Gender Impact Assessment in the European Union and Gender-based Analysis in Canada
Autor/in:
Sauer, Arn T.
Quelle: Bielefeld (Edition Politik, 68), 2018. 568 S
Inhalt: 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.
Doing Space while Doing Gender - Vernetzungen von Raum und Geschlecht in Forschung und Politik
Herausgeber/in:
Gottschalk, Aenne; Kersten, Susanne; Krämer, Felix
Quelle: Bielefeld (Dynamiken von Raum und Geschlecht, 4), 2018. 321 S
Inhalt: This volume, which can also be used as a manual due to the linking of its contents, shows how dynamics of space and gender also affect contemporary political issues.
Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und Geschlechterkonstruktionen : die mediale Darstellung von Frauen in Top-Führungspositionen
Titelübersetzung:Gender equality and gender constructions : media presentation of women in top management positions
Autor/in:
Bührmann, Andrea D.
Quelle: WSI Mitteilungen : Zeitschrift des Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituts der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Jg. 67 (2014) H. 2, S. 97-104
Inhalt: "Seit Beginn der Finanzkrise wird über eine Geschlechterquote für Top-Management-Teams (TMTs) diskutiert. Viele fordern aus Gründen der Gerechtigkeit ('equity case') einen Anstieg des Frauenanteils in TMTs. Andere verweisen auf den 'business case'. Demnach befördere es die ökonomische Entwicklung, wenn mehr Frauen in TMTs gelangten. Denn divers zusammengesetzte Teams steigerten letztlich die Leistungsfähigkeit der Unternehmen. Dabei wird vielfach unterstellt, dass Männer und Frauen Herausforderungen 'anders' wahrnehmen, Entscheidungen 'anders' begründen und aus 'anderen' Motiven handeln. Im Ergebnis ergibt sich die Argumentationslogik, es könnte mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit durch die Konstruktion von mehr Geschlechterungleichheit hergestellt werden. Diese Logik wird in dem Artikel rekonstruiert, und ihre Folgen werden diskutiert: In einem ersten Schritt wird zunächst der historische Wandel des Wissens über die Natur der Geschlechter skizziert. Davon ausgehend werden zentrale Befunde einer Diskursanalyse von Zeitschriftenporträts erfolgreicher Top-Managerinnen vorgestellt. In einem dritten Schritt werden die Befunde diskutiert und weiterführende Forschungsfragen formuliert." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Since the beginning of the financial crisis the pros and cons of a gender quota in top management teams (TMTs) have increasingly been at the focus of debate. Many demand a quota system for reasons of equity, others point to reasons related to business. According to that argument diversified teams will ultimately improve economic performance. In arguing this way, they imply that men and women perceive challenges 'differently' and that they decide 'differently' because they have 'different' motives. In short, they pursue the logic of increasing gender equity by increasing gender differences. The article starts by reconstructing the historical changes in the understanding of gender differences. Subsequently, the central results of a discourse analysis of successful female top managers are presented und discussed. The final section formulates and proposes further research perspectives." (author's abstract)
Gleichstellungsarbeit an der Universität Bielefeld : Kommunikation - Impulsgebung - Delegation in Querschnittsstrukturen
Titelübersetzung:Gender equality work at Bielefeld University : communication - impetus - delegation in interdisciplinary structures
Autor/in:
Baaken, Uschi
Quelle: Gleichstellungsarbeit an Hochschulen: neue Strukturen - neue Kompetenzen. Andrea Löther (Hrsg.), Lina Vollmer (Hrsg.). Opladen: B. Budrich (cews.Beiträge Frauen in Wissenschaft und Forschung), 2014, S. 203-210
Quelle: Soziologische Basics: eine Einführung für pädagogische und soziale Berufe. Albert Scherr (Hrsg.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS (Lehrbuch), 2013, S. 75-81
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Lehre : curriculare Perspektiven und organisationale Strategien am Beispiel der Soziologie
Titelübersetzung:Women's studies and gender studies in teaching : curricular perspectives and organizational strategies, using sociology as an example
Autor/in:
Kahlert, Heike
Quelle: Gender in der Lehre: Best-Practice Beispiele für die Hochschule. Nicola Hille (Hrsg.), Barbara Unteutsch (Hrsg.). Opladen: Budrich UniPress, 2013, S. 145-178