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PublicationComparing WPAs Globally : Classification for the 21st century( 2013-03-22)On a global scale, this conceptual paper provides a framework for comparing a particular structure inside current statehood: the Women's Policy Agency (WPA). A WPA is an entity in the state assigned to deliver policies for Women's Empowerment and of promotion of Gender Equality (WEGE). Previous research has focused mainly on case studies and small n comparisons in intensive research designs. This study comes up with a classification to compare WPAs on a global level in an extensive research design. The most actual and comprehensive available data are taken to develop the view of states of their WPAs. Globally, states use currently 13 different kinds of WPAs. There are WPAs in all four sectors of governmental action (executive, legislative, judiciary, and outside). A WPA is circumscribed by its location and scope in the state and public administration. The paper lays the basis for global comparison of current types of state capability in WEGE. For the 21st century, classification is able to become enlarged if further new kinds of WPAs emerge.Type: conference paper
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PublicationWomen's Policy Agencies and Institutional Architecture in Comparison : Building Blocks for Equal Gender RelationsThis dissertation analyses women's policy agencies (WPAs) and their institutional architecture within different states. In other research often referred to as women's policy machineries, the institutional architecture encompasses the combination of all WPAs per state designated to promote women's empowerment and gender equality. They are the building blocks for equal gender relations. These new institutions and state infrastructures are of interest for comparative research, diffusion literature and state feminism. My research questions focus on the peculiarities of WPAs and institutional architecture and the explanation of the later. The global comparison covers the current situation (2007-2010) in 151 states worldwide. I tested the characterisation of WPAs developed by Berkovitch as standard features of modern statehood. The dissertation employed an integrated mixed-methods approach. An inductive, secondary analysis of cross-sectional text data supplied a new definition of WPAs, a new classification system and two typologies. States perceptions of WPAs were derived from UN DAW survey data. Information on existing entities was processed qualitatively by iterating through coding entities, conceptualizing relevant dimensions and entities, and developing graphical representations in a non-linear way of theorizing. Hypotheses testing using aggregated data explained variations of institutional architecture. One hypothesis was tested visually on a world map. The newly developed classification of WPA forms distinguishes WPAs by setting and scope of action (Chapter 1-2, and 5). States currently employ a wide range of WPAs forms (Chapter 7) and have created varying institutional architecture worldwide (Chapter 6 and 8). However, specified state capability remains limited presently. My tested hypotheses explain the variety of institutional architecture found in part (Chapter 3 and 9). The recurrent attribute of present-day specified state capability is heterogeneity, which is found in WPA forms, types of institutional architecture, and countries involved. The depiction of all 151 states is made tangible using a 3D-model visualising institutional complexity.
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PublicationGraphical Depictions of Women's Policy Machineries : Representing State Capability in WEGE( 2012-02-15)This conceptual paper presents two ways of representing permanent and specific state capability in the area of Women's Empowerment and Promotion of Gender Equality (WEGE). The paper explains the conceptual framework behind both ways of graphical representation. Capacity of states to act in WEGE is measured over the formal composition of its Women's Policy Machineries (WPMs) with different kinds of WPAs. A single unit is called Women's Policy Agency (WPA). A WPM is the entirety of all single state units (WPAs) assigned to deliver WEGE policies. The two ways of depicting Women's Policy Machineries (WPMs) are for distinct applications. The first way is for comparison of different types of WPMs. Each type has a set of states which show this type of WPM. The second way is for representing a single case or comparison of a few states. It depicts the formal composition of a single WPM by WPAs. Both ways give a panoramic picture of formal structures of WPMs. Application to empirical data reveal institutional diversity of WPMs and make permanent and specific state capability in WEGE comparable on a worldwide level.Type: presentation