Inflytandet av problemrepresentationer för jämställdhetsintegrering
Jämställdhetsintegrering intersektionalitet"What's the problem"-approach problemrepresentationMångfald/deliberativa processerPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
This thesis uses the ?What's the problem?-approach developed by Carol LeeBacchi. This approach studies how the problem that a certain policy is supposedto take care of is represented. Each representation will rest upon certainassumptions and will accordingly support certain solutions while other solutionswill be considered less suitable to the problem as it is represented.The thesis therefore evaluates the competing problem representations forgender mainstreaming in Sweden. The theory chapter explores two developmentpossibilities for gender mainstreaming, based on diversity and deliberativedemocracy. The idea analysis of the problem representations will accordinglyconsider the dimensions diversity and deliberative democracy. In consequence,the question at issue is: How do the problem representations for gendermainstreaming interact with solutions for diversity and deliberative mechanisms?The problem representations are identified in newspapers, government billsand in the policy for gender mainstreaming in the Swedish government office.The main result is that the dominant problem representations mainly rest uponassumptions that support the prevailing policy while they make the reformproposals appear to be unsuitable for the problem.