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Gender Expertise in Public Policy

Towards a Theory of Policy Success

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Season Hoard

    1. Division of Governmental Studies and Services, Washington State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Gender and Politics (GAP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Knowledge, Expertise, and Public Policy: The Changing Relationship Between Science and Public Policy

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 1-20

  3. Conceptualizing Gender Expertise: Locating the Expertise in Gender Expertise

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 21-49

  4. Locating the Experts: Identifying the Actors, Mapping the Terrain

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 50-77

  5. “Fighting Against Windmills”? Identifying the Ingredients of Policy Success

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 78-118

  6. Triangulating the Factors that Impact Success: Searching for Common Explanations of Policy Success

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 119-138

  7. Assessing the Factors that Impact the Success of Gender Experts in Public Policy: The Search for Necessity

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 139-166

  8. Gender Expert Success in Public Policy: Towards a Better Understanding

    • Season Hoard
    Pages 167-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 180-210
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About this book

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.

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“This research provides valuable information on gender experts in Western European policy making. … Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.” (J. G. Everett, Choice, Vol. 53 (6), February, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Governmental Studies and Services, Washington State University, USA

    Season Hoard

About the author

Dr. Season Hoard is a Clinical Professor for the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs and Research Coordinator at the Division of Governmental Studies and Services at Washington State University, USA. She received her Ph.D. in 2012 from Washington State University. Her research interests include examining gender expertise and its impact on public policy, comparative analysis of gender equality policies in post-industrial democracies, and emerging qualitative and quantitative methodologies in comparative politics.

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