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Policy paradigms, gender equality and translation: scales and disjuncture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2020

Patricia Kennett  and
Noemi Lendvai
Patricia Kennett*
Affiliation:
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, BristolBS8 1TZ, UK
Noemi Lendvai
Affiliation:
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, BristolBS8 1TZ, UK
*
*Corresponding author. Email: p.kennett@bristol.ac.uk
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Abstract

The growing influence of transnational process, institutions and policy communities has contributed to the emergence of a global public policy that is distinct (although not separate) from the national process of policy-making. In this context gender equality and gender mainstreaming have become dominant policy and political narratives for addressing gender injustice. The focus of this paper is on developing the conceptual and theoretical links between global policy paradigms and gender equality and incorporating multi-scalarity, translation and disjuncture into our understanding of the ways in which policies are made, processed and enacted. The discussion begins by extending Hall's concept of policy paradigm as a nationally bounded entity and highlighting the transnational processes and institutions contributing to the emergence of a global policy paradigm and global policy space. It then goes on to highlight the fluidity of policy paradigms and the importance of moving beyond the focus on techno-managerial “order” as the essence of the policy paradigm and indicators of change and instead to bring into sharper focus disjuncture and tensions.

Keywords

global policy paradigmtranslationgender justicescalesdisjuncture
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy , Volume 30 , Issue 1: Gender justice and global policy paradigms , February 2014 , pp. 6 - 16
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Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis

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