01711pab a2200193 454500008004000000100001800040245008100058260000900139300001500148362000800163520113200171650001501303650001001318773004801328908000601376909001101382999001901393952010501412180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSawer, Marian  aGender equality architecture: The intergovernmental level in federal systems  c2014  ap.361-372.  aSep  aThis article provides a first overall account of the intergovernmental components of Australia's gender equality architecture in the period 1978ﾖ2014. From the 1990s this is largely a story of institutional fragility. In explaining this, factors identified by scholars of state feminism, such as lack of political will, partisan ideologies and discursive shifts, particularly the increased influence of neoliberal approaches to governance, are taken into account. The new factor introduced is that of executive federalism, characterised by decision-making behind closed doors. When women's intergovernmental bodies attempted to open doors to community input this proved fruitless, particularly in the area of economic decision-making. Repeated attempts to introduce gender-disaggregated reporting on the outcomes of Commonwealth-State agreements were also largely unsuccessful. The article concludes that the democratic deficits associated with executive federalism  lack of parliamentary oversight or accountability and lack of community consultation  are closely related to the deficits in gender mainstreaming. - Reproduce  aFederalism  aWomen  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration  aN  a105920  c105915d105915  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 73, Issue no: 3pAR106380r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR