Critical studies of gender equalities: Nordic dislocations, dilemmas and contradictions (2008) is edited by Eva Magnusson, previous research manager at NIKK.
From the publisher:
There is an increasing awareness that gender equality is not something that just "is" in unproblematic and natural ways, but
that it may be understood and packaged in several ways, with quite different consequences. It therefore makes good sense to
ask, with the authors in this book, how gender equality is understood and practised in the Nordic countries, with their avowedly
good record on gender equality measures.
It makes especially good sense to look closely at the consequences and difficulties that arise out of the many-faceted meanings
attached to gender and equality in politics and policies, as well as in daily life.
In this book, eleven Nordic scholars offer critical analyses of current dislocations, dilemmas and contradictions in the field
of Nordic gender equality. They have studied issues to do with constructing state and nation, regulating political practices
and producing gendered subjectivities.
The authors are affiliated with universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and united in seeing the need for a critical
scholarly stance on Nordic gender equality policies and practices.
Authors: Maria Carbin, Eeva Raevaara, Maria Törnqvist, Ingrid Guldvik, Malin Rönnblom, Dorthe Staunæs, Dorte Marie Søndergaard,
Eva Magnusson, Trine Annefelt og Kattis Honkanen.
Publisher: Makadam förlag
