The civil service's gender diversity agenda under the coalition: where have the critical feminist actors gone?
The civil service's gender diversity agenda under the coalition: where have the critical feminist actors gone?
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联盟下的公务员系统性别多样性议程：关键的女权主义参与者去了哪里？
DOI：
10.1057/s41293-019-00106-7
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发表时间：
2019
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Fitzpatrick D
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作者：
Fitzpatrick D
本文探讨了英国公务员中的性别代表模式，以质疑英国联合政府（2010-2015）白厅最高级别中女性比例的回归变化。它通过分析联盟时期公务员就业模式的定量数据，以及从作者进行的访谈中获得的新的主要定性数据来进行分析。本文提出了一个原始的解释这些变化的模式，强调“关键的女权主义者”在推动性别平等和多样性议程在白厅的关键作用。报告最后强调了这种以机构为基础的平等和多样性办法所涉及的困境和风险，这种办法依赖于主要高级行为者的个人动力和承诺，同时又受到人事和政治环境变化的影响。
This article examines the patterns of gender representation in the UK Civil Service to interrogate the claim that there was a regressive change in the proportion of women in the most senior grades of Whitehall under the UK Coalition Government (2010–2015). It does so by analysing both quantitative data covering civil service employment patterns during the Coalition years, complemented by new, primary qualitative data drawn from interviews conducted by the authors. The article presents an original explanation of these shifting patterns, emphasising the crucial role of ‘critical feminist actors’ in driving forward gender equality and diversity agendas in Whitehall. It concludes by highlighting dilemmas and risks involved in this agency-based approach to equality and diversity, which relies on the personal drive and commitment of key, senior actors; and at the same time is subject to the vicissitudes of change in personnel and political environment.