2018/03/23 by Anne Marie Goetz, Rob Jenkins · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Business, Management and Accounting · #Gender Politics and Representation #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
paper · doi:10.1111/dech.12389
ABSTRACT Under what conditions is gender equality policy advocacy successful? This article examines a segment of the largely quantitative comparative political science literature that seeks to answer this question. Recent scholarship emphasizes such factors as the strength of women's movements and the forms of opposition to which their policy demands give rise. However, one consequence of this approach is that the role of strategic choices made by feminist policy advocates is underestimated in explaining their successes. The article argues that understanding variation in the outcomes achieved by women's rights advocates requires close attention to the strategic capacity of policy entrepreneurs, assessed in terms of three inter‐related activities: (1) ‘framing’ policy demands; (2) forming and managing civic alliances; and (3) engaging with state entities without compromising organizational autonomy.