TY - JOUR
T1 - How to Resist Austerity
T2 - the Case of the Gender Budgeting Strategy in Andalusia
AU - Puig-Barrachina, Vanessa
AU - Ruiz, Marisol E.
AU - García-Calvente, María del Mar
AU - Malmusi, Davide
AU - Sánchez, Esther
AU - Camprubí, Lluís
AU - Muntaner, Carles
AU - Cortès-Franch, Imma
AU - Artazcoz, Lucía
AU - Borrell, Carme
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - While most countries have imposed austerity policies that risk jeopardizing the progress towards gender equality, there are examples of European regions that have maintained or strengthened gender-equality policies in a climate of economic downturn. Following a realist approach and adopting Kingdon's agenda-setting model as our framework, this explanatory case study examines how, why and under which circumstances the gender budgeting strategy has resisted austerity measures. This strategy represents a key tool for gender mainstreaming in Andalusia, a southern region of Spain. Results have shown that the existence of a strong left-wing government is a necessary context for the maintenance of gender equality policies. The feasibility given by the previous context of institutionalization of this strategy and its low cost, together with political commitment — with a decisive contribution from female leadership — have been the major factors allowing the maintenance of the gender budgeting strategy in Andalusia.
AB - While most countries have imposed austerity policies that risk jeopardizing the progress towards gender equality, there are examples of European regions that have maintained or strengthened gender-equality policies in a climate of economic downturn. Following a realist approach and adopting Kingdon's agenda-setting model as our framework, this explanatory case study examines how, why and under which circumstances the gender budgeting strategy has resisted austerity measures. This strategy represents a key tool for gender mainstreaming in Andalusia, a southern region of Spain. Results have shown that the existence of a strong left-wing government is a necessary context for the maintenance of gender equality policies. The feasibility given by the previous context of institutionalization of this strategy and its low cost, together with political commitment — with a decisive contribution from female leadership — have been the major factors allowing the maintenance of the gender budgeting strategy in Andalusia.
KW - Andalusia
KW - austerity measures
KW - gender budgeting
KW - gender mainstreaming
KW - public policies assessment
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U2 - 10.1111/gwao.12152
DO - 10.1111/gwao.12152
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85005989960
VL - 24
SP - 34
EP - 55
JO - Gender, Work and Organization
JF - Gender, Work and Organization
SN - 0968-6673
IS - 1
ER -
