Gender Expertise in Public Policy Towards a Theory of Policy Success [Paperback]

Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis of policy debates, this text rethinks our understanding of gender expertise and the circumstances that lead to expert success in public policy.List of Tables List of Figures 1. Knowledge, Expertise and Public Policy: The Changing Relationship Between Science and Public Policy Introduction Foundations and Contributions Research Questions Methodology Plan and Review of Results 2. Conceptualizing Gender Expertise: Locating the Expertise in Gender Expertise Introduction Context Guideline Naming Guideline Zones Guideline Dimensions Guideline Necessity Guideline Negation Guideline Interdependence Guideline Causal Relationships Guideline Traveling Guideline Operationalization Guideline Conclusion 3. Locating the Experts: Identifying the Actors, Mapping the Terrain Introduction Who are the Experts? Utilizing Location to Categorize Expertise Gender Expert Activities Work Experience Locating the Policy Experts: Examining the RNGS Data Conclusions 4. Fighting Against Windmills? Identifying the Ingredients of Policy Success Introduction Policy Success Non-Feminist Theories of Public Policy and Ingredients for Expert Feminist Comparative Policy Literature and Ingredients for Success Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions 5. Triangulating the Factors that Impact Success: Searching for Common Explanations of Policy Success Introduction Methods Result Conclusions 6 Assessing the Factors that Impact the Success of Gender Experts in Public Policy Introduction Understanding Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research Network on Gender, Politics and the State Explaining Gender Expert Policy Success: Conditions Utilized in QCA Analysis Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Gender Expert Success Conclusions 7. Gender Expert Success in Public Policy: Toward a Better Understanding Introduction Findings Developing Theoretical ProplD