Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden /

Sweden has the reputation of being one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, and it is often held up as a model for other societies but the reality is much more complicated, as this volume shows. The first book to provide a thorough analysis of the myth of Swedish gender equality, this vo...

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Other Authors: Martinsson, Lena (Editor), Griffin, Gabriele (Editor), Giritli Nygren, Katarina, 1971- (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, [2016]
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505 0 |a Introduction: Challenging the myth of gender equality in Sweden / Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren -- When feminism became gender equality and anti-racism turned into diversity management / Paulina de los Reyes -- Normalisation meets governmentality : gender equality reassembled / Katarina Giritli Nygren, Siv Fahlgren, Anders Johannson -- Emotionally charged : parental leave and gender equality, at the surface of the skin / Kajsa Widegren -- Rethinking gender equality and the Swedish welfare state : a view from outside / Gabriele Griffin -- How is the myth of Swedish gender equality upheld outside Sweden? A case study / Nina Lykke -- Gender equality under threat? Exploring the paradoxes of an ethno-nationalist political party / Diana Mulinari -- "What should we do instead?" : Gender equality projects and feminist critique / Angelika Sjöstedt Landén and Gunilla Olofsdotter -- Frictions and figurations : gender-equality norms meet activism / Lena Martinsson -- Afterword: Rethinking gender equality / Lena Martinsson, Gabriele Griffin, Katarina Giritli Nygren. 
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