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Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden /

Sweden has the reputation of being one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, and it is often held up as a model for other societies but the reality is much more complicated, as this volume shows. The first book to provide a thorough analysis of the myth of Swedish gender equality, this vo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Martinsson, Lena (Editor ), Griffin, Gabriele (Editor ), Nygren, Giritle (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden / Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren
  • When feminism became gender equality and anti-racism turned into diversity management / Paulina de los Reyes
  • Normalisation meets governmentality : gender equality reassembled / Katarina Giritli Nygren, Siv Fahlgren, Anders Johannson
  • Emotionally charged : parental leave and gender equality, at the surface of the skin / Kajsa Widegren
  • Rethinking gender equality and the Swedish welfare state : a view from outside / Gabriele Griffin
  • How is the myth of Swedish gender equality upheld outside Sweden? A case study / Nina Lykke
  • Gender equality under threat? Exploring the paradoxes of an ethno-nationalist political party / Diana Mulinari
  • "What should we do instead?" : Gender equality projects and feminist critique / Angelika Sjöstedt Landén and Gunilla Olofsdotter
  • Frictions and figurations : gender-equality norms meet activism / Lena Martinsson
  • Afterword: Rethinking gender equality / Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren.