Changing Gender: The Discursive Construction of Equal Opportunities
Journal
Gender, Work and Organization
ISSN
0968-6673
ISSN-Digital
1468-0432
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2006-10-10
Author(s)
Research Team
Alexandria Link
Publikationen
Publikationen
Abstract
This article provides a discursive perspective on the dilemmas of sameness and difference feminisms and their consequences for change projects. It explores how equal opportunity officers dealing with gender issues and introducing equality legislation in practice construct the meaning of equal opportunities. The analysis of the interpretative repertoires and ideological dilemmas drawn upon in ten interviews shows the highly context-specific use of four different repertoires constructing gender equality: the sameness, difference, bandwidth and deconstructive repertoire. Interpreting the shifts between repertoires from the perspective of the ideological dilemma, new avenues for change are explored. The article concludes that the simultaneous use of all possible theoretical perspectives might be a worthwhile objective.
Language
English
Keywords
equal opportunities
change
feminist theory
ideological
dilemma
dilemma
interpretative repertoires
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
13
Number
6
Start page
499
End page
521
Pages
23
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
31325
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