Economization of Expert Knowledge about Gender Equality in the European Union. (27th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Elomäki, Anna
• Is Part Of: Social politics. Volume 28:Number 4(2021)
• Page Start: 1162
• Page End: 1184
• Publication Date: 2020-04-27
• Subjects: Women -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Social policy -- Periodicals; Sex role -- Periodicals; 305.3
• DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxaa005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-4745

Abstract

Abstract: The article analyzes (i) how the increasing demand for empirical evidence about the economic impacts of gender equality transforms expert knowledge about gender equality in the European Union (EU) and (ii) the implications of these transformations. The article argues that the much-debated discursive economization of gender equality in the EU context is underpinned by the economization of expert knowledge about gender equality—the increasing reliance on mainstream economics to support gender equality claims. This has increased the influence of gender-biased economics knowledge and its modes of knowledge production in EU gender equality policy.