Gender Mainstreaming - an Innovation in Europe?
The Institutionalisation of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Commission
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2005
271 pages
978-3-86649-823-5 (ISBN)
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The concept of gender mainstreaming has experienced an unexpected boom in the European Union and beyond since the United Nations World Conference of Women in Beijing in 1995. Starting from the evolution of gender mainstreaming, this book examines the extent to which gender mainstreaming can be regarded as an innovation and as an institution in a complex organisation like the European Commission. By ensuring that the effects on both genders of all policies and organisational processes are taken into account, gender mainstreaming seeks to bring what are often marginalised as ´women´s concerns´ into the mainstream of the analysis. Gender mainstreaming is often regarded as a paradigm shift compared to previous concepts of equal treatment and positive action programmes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leverkusen-Opladen
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academics, Students in the Social Sciences, anyone interested in Gender Mainstreaming especially at institutional or organisational levels. WissenschaftlerInnen und Studierende der Soziologie ( insbes. Gender und Organisationssoziologie), Politikwissenschaft (insb. EU Integration) Internationale Organisationen, die Gender Mainstreaming betreiben (Europäische Kommission, UN, UNHCR, UNICEF, ILO) Ministerien und NGOs in Beitrittsländern der EU, aber auch andere Länder, die Gender Mainstreaming eingeführt haben oder es relevante Diskussion über die Einführung gibt (Australien, Kanada, USA)
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1,84 MB
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978-3-86649-823-5 (9783866498235)
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Content
- Cover
- Gender Mainstreaming-an Innovation in Europe? The Institutionalisation of Gender Mainstreamingin the European Commission
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface by Ilse Lenz. A new Perspective on Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union
- 1 Introduction and Methodological Approach
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Methodological Approach
- 2 Definition and Evolution of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Definition of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.3 Semantic Approach to the Term 'Gender Mainstreaming'
- 2.4 Legal Framework for Equal Opportunities and Positive Action in the European Union
- 2.4.1 The development of EU Women's Policies and the Significance of Article 119 in the Treaties of Rome
- 2.5 The Definition of Gender Mainstreaming within the European Commission
- 2.6 Operationalisation of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Commission from an organisational Approach
- 2.6.1 Phases of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.7 Frame Alignment Processes with regard to Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.8 Critiques of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.8.1 Fundamental Critique: Gender Mainstreaming is perceived to reify the Duality of Genders
- 2.8.2 Normative Critique on the Concept of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.8.3 Framing of Gender Mainstreaming: Gender Mainstreaming is perceived to be the same as Equal Opportunities
- 2.8.4 Critique on the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming
- 2.9 Conclusion
- 3 Organisational Theories and Gender Mainstreaming
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Foundational Organisational Theories
- 3.2.1 Weber's Analysis of Rationalisation and Bureaucracy
- 3.2.2 Individual Decision-Making: The Development of the Concept of Bounded Rationality and the Garbage Can Model of Organisational Choice
- 3.3 Neo-Institutionalism
- 3.3.1 Institutionalism as the Foundation for Neo-Institutionalism
- 3.3.2 Theoretical Strands within Neo-Institutionalism
- 3.3.3 Different Theories within sociological Neo-Institutionalism
- 3.4 Giddens' Concept of Structuration
- 3.4.1 Giddens' Notion of Social Practice
- 3.4.2 Giddens' Notion of an Agent, Agency and Action
- 3.4.3 Giddens' Notion of Structure and Structuration
- 3.4.4 Giddens' Notion of Institution
- 3.4.5 Giddens' Notion of Organisations
- 3.4.6 Empirical Foundation of Giddens' Theory of Structuration
- 3.4.7 Critique of Structuration Theory
- 3.5 Conclusion: Theoretical Framework for examining Gender Mainstreaming combining sociological Neo-Institutionalism and the Structuration Theory
- 3.5.1 Sociological Neo-Institutionalism as an appropriate theoretical Approach for the Study of Gender Mainstreaming
- 3.5.2 Structuration Theory as an appropriate theoretical Approachfor the Study of Gender Mainstreaming Wolffensperger's Concept of engendered Structure
- 3.5.3 Combining sociological Neo-Institutionalism and Structuration Theory
- 4 Organisational Innovation
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Hauschild's Definition of Innovations
- 4.3 Applying the Concept of Innovation to Gender Mainstreaming
- 4.4 Conclusion
- 5 Role and Function of the European Commission
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The Role and Function of the European Commission
- 5.2.1 The Beginnings of the European Commission
- 5.2.2 The Influence of National Administrative Cultures
- 5.2.3 Current Structure of the European Commission
- 5.3 Political Cultures and political Views within the European Commission
- 5.4 The Social Embeddedness of the European Commission
- 5.5 Institutional Stability and Change
- 5.6 Conclusion
- 6 The Environment of the European Commission
- 6.1 Introduction: The Interplay between the European Institutions, the United Nations and Civil Society
- 6.2 The Influence of Civil Society on Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union
- 6.2.1 The Influence of the European Women's Lobby
- 6.2.2 Other Women's Organisations on the European Level
- 6.2.3 An Improved Political Opportunity Structure for Non-Governmental Organisations at the 1996 Inter-Governmental Conference
- 6.2.4 The Interplay between the European Women's Lobby, the Nordic Member States and European Institutions
- 6.3 The Influence of European Structures and Institutions on Gender Mainstreaming
- 6.3.1 The Women's Networks of the Commission
- 6.3.2 The European Parliament
- 6.3.3 The Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament
- 6.3.4 The Council of the European Union
- 6.3.5 The Economic and Social Committee
- 6.3.6 The Court of Justice of the European Communities
- 6.4 The Influence of the United Nations for the Development of Gender Mainstreaming
- 6.4.1 The United Nations International Women's Conferences
- 6.4.2 Conceptual Shift from 'Women' to 'Gender' in International Organisations
- 6.5 Conclusion
- 7 The Construction and Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming within the European Commission
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 The Social Construction of Gender Mainstreaming within the Commission: Actors and their Interests
- 7.2.1 The Understanding and Association of different Actors regarding Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.2.2 Understanding across different Directorates General
- 7.2.3 Motives for the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming within the European Commission according to the Actors
- 7.2.4 Success Criteria for Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.2.5 The Importance of Culture within the Commission
- 7.2.6 Suggestions by the Actors for changing Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.3 Resources for Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.3.1 Allocative Resources
- 7.3.2 Authoritative Resources: Gender Mainstreaming Structures within the European Commission
- 7.4 Barriers to the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.4.1 Problems with the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.4.2 Commitment to Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.5 Structuration/ Institutionalisation of Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.5.1 Importance of Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.5.2 Special Position of Gender Mainstreaming
- 7.6 Gender Mainstreaming as an Innovation
- 7.7 Conclusion
- 8 Conclusion
- Annexe
- 10 Bibliography
