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Feminist governance and the state

In: Handbook of Feminist Governance

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  • Johanna Kantola

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The state is at the heart of feminist governance debates. The institutions and processes of the state are the target of attempts to develop and institutionalise feminist governance practices. States come in many forms, but none are gender neutral - treating different people as if they had no gender, race, ethnicity or class background - nor gender equal - having adequate policies, institutions and processes in place to ensure equal opportunities and outcomes for all. Feminists both engage with and critique states as potential sites for feminist governance. This chapter discusses feminist governance and the state through five distinct analytical perspectives on the state: (i) women and the state; (ii) gender and the state institutions; (iii) deconstruction of gender and the state discourses; (iv) intersectionality and the state; and (v) postdeconstruction and the state.

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  • Johanna Kantola, 2023. "Feminist governance and the state," Chapters, in: Marian Sawer & Lee A. Banaszak & Jacqui True & Johanna Kantola (ed.), Handbook of Feminist Governance, chapter 4, pages 51-62, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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