Equality Governance via Policy Analysis? - The Implementation of Gender Impact Assessment in the European Union and Gender-Based Analysis in Canada

Gender impact assessment has been both celebrated as a beacon of hope for gender equality and criticized as ineffectual. Arn T. Sauer's study examines the instruments of gendered policy analysis and the conditions under which they are used by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission, revealing benefits and challenges. The success of equality governance depends on whether knowledge about gendered policy and appropriate administrative practices are embedded, embodied, and entrenched in public administration.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 568 pages
Publication date: 08 December 2021
Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Gender impact assessment has garnered both praise as a beacon of hope for achieving gender equality and criticism for its perceived ineffectiveness. Over two decades of gender mainstreaming have showcased that integrating equality governance with and through impact assessment is a multifaceted and continuously evolving process. Arn T. Sauer's study delves into the tools employed for gendered policy analysis and the contexts in which they are utilized by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission. Through interviews with experts from public administration and instrument designers, as well as document analyses, the study uncovers benefits, challenges, and emphasizes the crucial factor of whether knowledge about gendered policy and appropriate administrative practices are deeply ingrained, embodied, and institutionalized within public administration to ensure the success of equality governance.

Gender impact assessment has been both celebrated as a beacon of hope for the cause of gender equality and criticised as being ineffectual. More than 20 years of gender mainstreaming have demonstrated that equality governance with and through impact assessment is an intersectional and still evolving process. Arn T. Sauer's study examines the instruments of gendered policy analysis and the conditions under which they are being used by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission. Interviews with experts from public administration and instrument designers as well as document analyses reveal benefits and challenges and show that the success of equality governance depends upon whether knowledge about gendered policy and appropriate administrative practices are embedded,embodied and entrenched in public administration.

Gender impact assessment has garnered both praise as a beacon of hope for achieving gender equality and criticism for its perceived ineffectiveness. Over two decades of gender mainstreaming have showcased that integrating equality governance with and through impact assessment is a multifaceted and continuously evolving process. Arn T. Sauer's study delves into the tools employed for gendered policy analysis and the contexts in which they are utilized by the Canadian federal government and the European Commission. Through interviews with experts from public administration and instrument designers, as well as document analyses, the study uncovers benefits, challenges, and emphasizes the crucial factor of whether knowledge about gendered policy and appropriate administrative practices are deeply ingrained, embodied, and institutionalized within public administration to ensure the success of equality governance.

Weight: 872g
Dimension: 158 x 240 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783837643763