Search results for " gender studies"

Mainstreaming gender in the EU-accession process: the case of the Baltic Republics

2005

Since the early 1990s, the Baltic states have gone through processes of economic transition and liberalization. Although various reports give an overview of gendered impacts of these economic reforms, they fail to elaborate on the more complex relations between gender, citizenship, and social exclusion. This article explores these relations in more detail. The first decade of reforms in the Baltic states resulted in a lack of economic prospects, in particular for women from minority groups and women working in low-pay sectors. This made them increasingly vulnerable to trafficking for sexual purposes: migration to Western Europe was an attractive alternative for those without work, whether …

The Use of and Commitment to Goods

2004

In social theory, goods have usually not been included in the social world. However, in the sociology of consumption, they have been seen as mediating social relations and offering opportunities to make social distinctions. It is precisely the symbolic aspect of goods that makes this possible. In helping to make these distinctions, goods are only given a passive role in our lives. They only get to function as markers of social differences, tastes, and so on. However, the use value of goods cannot be reduced to their symbolic aspect. Generally speaking, the use value also has two other aspects which I will call the ‘functionality’ and ‘productivity’ of goods. I am going to argue that becaus…

The Birth of the Queen/the Modern Homosexual: Historical Explanations Revisited

1997

In this paper I review a number of explanations for the emergence of the modern homosexual category in Western (mainly Northwest European) cultures. I suggest there are four different emphases in respect of the social and cultural factors given priority in interpretations of the formation of the homosexual category. Of course, individual studies have often taken into consideration more than one single factor (most notably, Greenberg, 1988; Chauncey, 1994), and the grouping of previous studies that I here suggest only indicates where the focus of a given study is. The social and cultural factors emphasized in these four approaches are: 1) the effects of competitive capitalism on the bourgeo…

Exploiting for Care: Trafficking and Abuse in Domestic Work in Italy

2017

ABSTRACTCare workers are now an essential part of reality for many Italian families. Yet, despite advancements in regulating domestic work, abuses are widespread. This article explores why exploitation in domestic work is rarely viewed as such and addressed with policies concerning trafficking and exploitation. I look at the way in which the care issue has been addressed by the Italian state and at the peculiar relationship between employers and domestic workers. Furthermore, I focus on the gaps in policies on trafficking and exploitation. I argue that the interplay of these factors results in the “normalization” of exploitation in domestic work.

Innovations, Reinvented Politics and Representative Democracy

2020

"This volume focuses on the issue of change in democratic politics in terms of experimental or actual innovations introduced either within political parties or outside the party system, involving citizen participation and mobilization (...)"

Negotiating Emancipation and Nationalism: Finnish Girls’ Literature from 1889–1901

2017

In this chapter, Myry Voipio explores the development of early Finnish girls’ literature, published at the turn of the nineteenth century, and how the novels discuss questions of nationality and emancipation. Voipio analyzes how four novels, Toini Topelius’ (1889) I utvecklingstid [In the time of development], Tekla Roschier’s Auringon noustessa 1898 [At sunrise], and two that use girls’ names as their titles, Hilja Haahti’s Helvi (1900), and Immi Hellen’s Eeva Aarnio (1901), depict their protagonists’ adolescent years. Voipio pays special attention to how the genre of girls’ literature has been reviewed and interpreted in Finland.

2021

This article explores Finnish different-sex couples’ (n = 12) negotiations on their parental division of labour. Theoretically, the article is based on the literature on gendered parenting practices and relational negotiations. Our discourse analysis reveals how the couples produced ‘togetherness’ and ‘our family’ by representing their care practices as agreements, irrespective of whether the care was described as equally shared or distinctly gendered. Disagreements reflecting more individualistic tones, and mainly resulting from the mothers’ sense of unfairness, were especially foregrounded when the distribution of household duties was discussed. The analysis also revealed how men cited in…

"Jeg har tatt av meg silkehanskene" : en kvalitativ studies av fire kvinners erfaringer og opplevelser med å arbeide på mannsdominerte arbeidsplasser

2014

Masteroppgave i pedagogikk – Universitetet i Agder 2014 Denne masteroppgaven beskriver funn fra en kvalitativ studie som har til hensikt å studere fire kvinners erfaringer og opplevelser med å være kvinne på mannsdominerte arbeidsplasser, ut ifra et fenomenologisk perspektiv. Dette er gjennomført ved bruk av intervju. Funnene viser hvordan kvinner på mannsdominerte arbeidsplasser forhandler sin identitet og kjønnsrolle, og hvordan ulike forventninger blir møtt. Problemstillingen for oppgaven er : «Hvordan kvinners identitet og kjønnsrolle ivaretas og forhandles når kvinner arbeider på en mannsdominert arbeidsplass» For å svare på dette spørsmålet har jeg sett på de ulike utfordringene kvinn…

Gender Inequalities and Social Sustainability. Can Modernization Diminish the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge?

2020

The gender gap in political knowledge is a classical problem of Western democracies. In the 21st century, political knowledge is still unequally distributed between men and women, as many cross-section studies have shown. This is an indicator of women’s disempowerment and the distance which remains to be covered to achieve an inclusive and sustainable society. Could public policies and gender equality laws change the situation? Using a longitudinal database in which 600,000 survey responses are analysed from 1996 to 2017, this case study of Spain aims to shed some light on this question. It combines sociological and political approaches in line with the development theory of the gender gap …

L'herméneutique diltheyenne des mondes de la vie

2010

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