Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.25595/477
Author(s)
Striedinger, Angelika
Journal Title
International Feminist Journal of Politics
Year of publication
2017
Volume
19
Issue number
2
Page reference
201-215
Language
englisch
Abstract
The concept of co-optation offers vocabulary to discuss how concerns and demands of feminist movements are transformed on their way to, and within, mainstream organizations and policymaking. However, applications of this concept can have problematic implications, failing to grasp the complexity of social change efforts and contributing to divisions, rather than alliances, between different groups that work and fight for gender equality. This article argues that conceptual tools from organizational institutionalism can help to avoid these pitfalls by capturing the ambivalence of organizational change initiatives, and allowing us to identify not only counterintentional effects, but also subtle and unexpected opportunities of organizational gender equality work. I illustrate my arguments with empirical examples from research on gender equality work in Austrian universities.
Subject
Gender
Institutionalisierung
Feminismus
Organisation
Soziale Bewegung
Universität
Co-optation
Organizational institutionalism
Gender equality
Universities
Institutionalisierung
Feminismus
Organisation
Soziale Bewegung
Universität
Co-optation
Organizational institutionalism
Gender equality
Universities
Publication type
Zeitschriftenartikel
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