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Affective virtuosity: Challenges for governance feminism in the context of the economic crisis

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  • Anna Elomäki
  • Johanna Kantola
  • Anu Koivunen
  • Hanna Ylöstalo

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This article explores the possibilities and constraints for feminist knowledge production and diffusion, and its influence over policy making and public debate in the context of austerity and neoliberal governance. By analysing the process in which a group of Finnish academic feminists used their expert position to influence government policy in 2015–2017, the article illustrates the strategies they adopted to engage in political debates and how they negotiated the new political landscape. The research material was derived from two years of action research and participant observation and is considered through the theoretical lens of governance feminism. The article makes a distinctive contribution to extant theories of governance feminism, by drawing upon theories of affects and ambivalence as a complement to governance feminism's focus on discourses and co‐optation. We coin the term affective virtuosity to highlight the importance of affect in feminist knowledge production and diffusion, and in shaping the various perspectives available to feminist scholars in encounters with politicians and policymakers.

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  • Anna Elomäki & Johanna Kantola & Anu Koivunen & Hanna Ylöstalo, 2019. "Affective virtuosity: Challenges for governance feminism in the context of the economic crisis," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(6), pages 822-839, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:26:y:2019:i:6:p:822-839
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12313
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    1. Johanna Kantola & Cherry Miller, 2023. "Eternal Friends or Jubilant Brexiteers? The Impact of Brexit on UK MEPs' Parliamentary Work in the European Parliament," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(3), pages 712-729, May.
    2. Paula Koskinen Sandberg, 2021. "Wage politics and feminist solidarity," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 973-991, May.

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