Gender mainstreaming på polska? Om normspridningsprocesser i EU
NormsSocial constructivismEuropean integrationGender mainstreamingPolandSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapSocial SciencesLaw and Political Science
By the same time as the recent enlargement of the European Union, where Poland became a member, it was officially stated that the gender mainstreaming-policy was to be integrated into every area of EU. NGO:s working as entrepreneurs for the gender mainstreaming norm in Poland supported the accession largely because they believed it would help spreading the norm also on a national level. Qualitatively analyzing the Polish case and the difficulties gender mainstreaming as a norm candidate meets with I contrast expectations with what could actually be EU:s role in this matter.Arguing that EU is a context with room for spreading norms by both bargaining and socialization, this paper takes a social constructivist approach. Gender mainstreaming as a norm is difficult for EU to apply on their members, and thus was not widely discussed during accession negotiations. In the same time. I argue that EU can influence on a national level anyway, that mainstreaming of gender at every area in EU needs contributions and support also from new member states and that EU can work both as a normative instrument according to the ?power of the principle? as a platform for norm entrepreneurs to work on.