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Undoing the Regional Demos?: Gender Equality and Economic Growth in Regional Development
Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (starting 2013), Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies (from 2013).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4688-5313
2024 (English)In: NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, ISSN 0803-8740, E-ISSN 1502-394X, Vol. 32, no 1, p. 49-61Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The aim of this article is to contribute to the discussions about the relationship between feminism and neoliberalism and the status of feminist emancipatory claims in marketized policy fields. My approach has been to analyse gender equality work within the highly marketized field of regional development in Sweden with a specific interest for how the convergence of the policy goals of gender equality and economic growth is represented by gender equality workers and to discuss the status of feminist emancipatory claims in this policy field. The analysis consists of articulating three representations of the relationship between gender equality and economic growth, characterized by various degrees of conflict: reciprocity, co-optation and Trojan horses. However, none of the representations articulate open emancipatory claims as legitimate within the field of regional development. Thus, the study shows gender equality in its relationship to economic growths renders emancipatory claims illegitimate unless beneficial for economic growth or hidden trough marketized language or logics. 

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Taylor & Francis, 2024. Vol. 32, no 1, p. 49-61
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feminism, gender equality, Neoliberalism, regional development, Sweden
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Gender Studies Economic Geography
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-94666DOI: 10.1080/08038740.2023.2201474ISI: 000975264500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85153603143OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-94666DiVA, id: diva2:1757037
Available from: 2023-05-15 Created: 2023-05-15 Last updated: 2024-04-16Bibliographically approved

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