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PublicationComparing Women's Policy Agencies Globally : Classification for the 21st century( 2013-05-08)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 on State Feminism has focused mainly on case studies and small n comparisons in intensive research designs. By using Feminist Institutionalism this study comes up with a new 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 gives a prospect on further development of new kinds of WPAs and lays the basis for global comparison of current types of state capability in WEGE.Type: presentation
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PublicationGender Inequality in Switzerland( 2012-02-15)Speech held before a delegation of Chinese exchange students on the University of St. Gallen on key figures on gender inequality structures in SwitzerlandType: presentation
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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
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