Beyond the Policy Rhetoric: The Limitations of Gender Mainstreaming in South Korea Relating to Women and Childcare
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Lee, S. 2019. Beyond the Policy Rhetoric: The Limitations of Gender Mainstreaming in South Korea Relating to Women and Childcare. Social Policy and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746419000484
| Authors | Lee, S. |
|---|---|
| Abstract | This article examines the limitations of the gender mainstreaming discourse regarding the issue of childcare by women in South Korea, an area of responsibility that was transferred from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) to the Ministry of Gender Equality (MGE)<jats:sup>1</jats:sup> in 2003. Through employing a discursive institutionalism approach, this article articulates that whilst the gender mainstreaming discourse has been interpreted at the surface level of politics, it has been formulated differently behind the scenes due to various policy interests. I argue that the discourse has remained at the level of superficial political rhetoric with underdeveloped understanding about the relationship between childcare and gender, thus retaining a stereotypical view of women as caregivers.</jats:p> |
| Keywords | gender mainstreaming; South Korea; discursive institutionalism; gender politics; Ministry of Gender Equality |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal | Social Policy and Society |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN | 1474-7464 |
| 1475-3073 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746419000484 |
| Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746419000484 |
| Publication dates | 26 Dec 2019 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 06 Jan 2020, 15:43 |
| Accepted | 10 Sep 2019 |
| Rights | CC0 1.0 Universal |
| Contributors | University of Derby |
| File | File Access Level Open |
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