1. The sidelining of gender equality in a corporatist and knowledge-oriented regime : The case of failed family leave reform in Finland
- Author
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Armi Mustosmäki, Paula Koskinen Sandberg, Anna Elomäki, Tampere University, and Unit of Social Research
- Subjects
knowledge ,Policy making ,media_common.quotation_subject ,talouspolitiikka ,Corporatism ,työmarkkinapolitiikka ,Task (project management) ,Political agenda ,Political science ,050602 political science & public administration ,media_common ,Gender equality ,parental leave ,policy-making ,05 social sciences ,korporativismi ,tasa-arvopolitiikka ,gender equality policy ,perhevapaat ,0506 political science ,Family Leave ,tasa-arvo ,5142 Social policy ,050903 gender studies ,Political economy ,5141 Sociology ,Political Science and International Relations ,uudistukset ,Parental leave ,Ideology ,0509 other social sciences ,työmarkkinajärjestöt ,corporatism - Abstract
Reform of the family leave system has been on the Finnish political agenda for a long time but has proved to be a challenging task. The challenges relate to ideological differences between the political parties and to non-decision making in tripartite working groups, where the labour market parties participate in policy formulation. The article analyses the recent attempt to reform the Finnish family leave system under a right-conservative government (2015–2019) as an example of how diverging political ideologies and vested interests undermine adoption of government gender equality policy. The case also serves as an example of the growing influence of knowledge, and especially economic knowledge, in policy-making. The article provides new insights into the changing processes of decision-making in relation to gender equality policy.
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- 2021