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Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Volume 11, Special issue No S7 : Gendered labour market (dis)advantages in Nordic welfare states (2021)
Mustosmäki, A., Reisel, L., Sihto, T., & Teigen, M. (Eds.). (2021). Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Volume 11, Special issue No S7 : Gendered labour market (dis)advantages in Nordic welfare states (11). VIA University College. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/issue/view/9414
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Mustosmäki, Armi; Reisel, Liza; Sihto, Tiina; Teigen, Mari
Journal or series: Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
eISSN: 2245-0157
Publication year: 2021
Volume: 11
Issue number: S7
Publisher: VIA University College
Publication country: Denmark
Publication language: English
Persistent website address: https://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/issue/view/9414
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Abstract
One of the important building blocks of gender equality has been the aim of making policies in Nordic countries ‘women-friendly’. More than 30 years ago, Helga Hernes (1987) identified the Nordic countries as ‘potentially women-friendly societies’. She characterized women-friendly societies as those that ‘would not force harder choices on women than on men’ (ibid., 15), particularly in relation to work and care. Hernes also envisaged that woman-friendliness should be achieved without increasing other forms of inequality, such as class or ethnicity-based inequalities among different groups of women.
However, achieving gender equality in working life and the sort of women- friendliness that Hernes envisaged at the societal level has in many ways also proved to be challenging, as the ties between the state and gender equality goals are more complex than what they might seem at first glance. Gender disparities have proven persistent also within the Nordic context. When we issued a call for this special issue, we were interested in various forms of gendered labor market (dis)advantage in Nordic countries. Furthermore, we asked how gender segregation, welfare state policies, labor market
policies, and various labor market actors interact to produce, maintain, challenge, or change gender equality in the labor market in the Nordic countries and beyond. The five articles presented in this special issue address the issue of gendered labor market (dis)advantages in Nordic countries from several vantage points, focusing on both on ‘traditional’ questions, such as corporate power and sustainable employment, and ‘emerging’ questions such as intersectionality, gender culture, and aesthetic work.
Keywords: labour market; working life; gender; gendering; equality (values); welfare state
Free keywords: Pohjoismaat
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Reporting Year: 2021
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