Beyond the policy rhetoric: The limitations of gender mainstreaming in South Korea relating to women and childcare
By: Lee, Sung-Hee
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BookPublisher: Social Policy and Society Description: 19(3), Jul, 2020: p.379-395.Subject(s): Gender Mainstreaming, South Korea, Discursive institutionalism, Gender politics, Minsitry of Gender equality
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Social Policy and SocietySummary: This article examines the limitations of the gender mainstreaming discourse regarding the issue of childcare by women in South Korea, an area of responsibility that was transferred from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) to the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGE)1 in 2003. Through employing a discursive institutionalism approach, this article articulates that whilst the gender mainstreaming discourse has been interpreted at the surface level of politics, it has been formulated differently behind the scenes due to various policy interests. I argue that the discourse has remained at the level of superficial political rhetoric with underdeveloped understanding about the relationship between childcare and gender, thus retaining a stereotypical view of women as caregivers. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | 19(3), Jul, 2020: p.379-395 | Available | AR1239741 |
This article examines the limitations of the gender mainstreaming discourse regarding the issue of childcare by women in South Korea, an area of responsibility that was transferred from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) to the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGE)1 in 2003. Through employing a discursive institutionalism approach, this article articulates that whilst the gender mainstreaming discourse has been interpreted at the surface level of politics, it has been formulated differently behind the scenes due to various policy interests. I argue that the discourse has remained at the level of superficial political rhetoric with underdeveloped understanding about the relationship between childcare and gender, thus retaining a stereotypical view of women as caregivers. - Reproduced
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