The gendered effects of the reregulation of the Swedish welfare state*

Earles, Kimberly

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“…Moreover, Teigen and Wängnerud () note that the recession of the early 1990s struck Sweden much more severely than Norway and thus provided a breeding ground for differences in the gender equality discourse in the two countries, not least because of the consequences the recession in Sweden had for welfare state arrangements, which was a focal point for policy making and public debate (Daune‐Richard & Mahon ; Earles ; Ellingsæter 2000a,b). The conclusion from Teigen and Wängnerud is that, together with the decrease in the representation of women in parliament and the remobilization of the women's movement, this package of conditions constituted what could be called a ‘window of opportunity’ for radical feminist elements in Sweden.…”

Section: Unpacking the Prerequisites For A Parliamentary Political Gementioning

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Testing the Impact of Political Generations: The Class of 94 and Pro‐feminist Ideas in the Swedish Riksdag

Öhberg

Wängnerud²

2013

Scand Pol Stud

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How can one explain the transformation of elected assemblies like national parliaments? In this study it is argued that much can be gained from taking the assumption of political generations more seriously when trying to explain transformations of the political agenda – for example, of themes and topics brought up in the parliamentary process. More specifically, the article expands on previous research in three ways: first, it launches the concept of ‘parliamentary political generation’ where the core element is the combination of an influx of large numbers of newcomers into the elected assembly and an electoral context that is formative – that is, that exhibits characteristics that distinguish the election from other elections. Second, an empirical test is conducted where other factors such as party affiliation and social background characteristics are controlled for. Finally, the test on the impact of parliamentary political generations is conducted in a context – the Swedish Riksdag – where parliamentary party groups are strong. The data used is the Parliamentary Surveys 1985–2010 conducted at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The political generation in focus is the ‘Class of 94’. The results show that the Class of 94 distinguish themselves by being more feminist than their senior colleagues and other groups of newcomers in Swedish elections. This is the feminist generation in Swedish politics.

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Section: Unpacking the Prerequisites For A Parliamentary Political Gementioning

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Testing the Impact of Political Generations: The Class of 94 and Pro‐feminist Ideas in the Swedish Riksdag

Öhberg

Wängnerud²

2013

Scand Pol Stud

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“…The different economic situations in Sweden and Norway in the 1990s, where the recession struck Sweden much more severely than Norway, provided a breeding ground for differences in the gender-equality discourse, 16 not the least because of the consequences the recession in Sweden had for welfare state arrangements, which was a focal point for policymaking and public debate (Daune-Richard and Mahon 2001; Earles 2004; Ellingsæter 2000b). With the decrease in the representation of women in parliament and the remobilization of the women's movement, this package of conditions constituted what could be called a “window of opportunity” for radical feminist elements in Sweden.…”

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Tracing Gender Equality Cultures: Elite Perceptions of Gender Equality in Norway and Sweden

Teigen

Wängnerud

2009

Pol & Gen

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Cultural explanations are frequent in social science research. In gender studies, they are especially common in cross-country comparative research that attempts to explain variations in everyday life situations for women and men. A noticeable example is found in the book Rising Tide: Gender Equality and Cultural Change Around the World, by Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris (2003). Inglehart and Norris construct a gender-equality scale from measurements on attitudes among citizens regarding women as political leaders, women's professional and educational rights, and women's traditional role as mother. The results show that Finland, Sweden, West Germany, Canada, and Norway are the countries most influenced by egalitarian values. At the other end of the spectrum countries like Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Jordan are found (p. 33). The authors demonstrate that egalitarian values are systematically related to the actual conditions of women's and men's lives. They conclude that modernization underpins cultural change, that is, attitudinal change from traditional to gender-equal values, and that these cultural changes have major impact on gender-equality processes.

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The Work of Politics

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2020

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The gendered effects of the reregulation of the Swedish welfare state*

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Testing the Impact of Political Generations: The Class of 94 and Pro‐feminist Ideas in the Swedish Riksdag

Testing the Impact of Political Generations: The Class of 94 and Pro‐feminist Ideas in the Swedish Riksdag

Tracing Gender Equality Cultures: Elite Perceptions of Gender Equality in Norway and Sweden

The Work of Politics

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