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Making sense of austerity : the gendered ideas of European economic policy

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O'Dwyer, Muireann (2018) Making sense of austerity : the gendered ideas of European economic policy. Comparative European Politics, 16 . pp. 745-761. doi:10.1057/s41295-018-0129-y

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the role of gender in the generation of coherence and legitimacy of austerity, as applied in the European Union. It examines the rhetorical defences of austerity and unpacks the gendered nature of the reforms that austerity programmes required. The absence of gender sensitive analysis in policy making is an absence that is essential to both the coherence and the legitimacy of austerity. The findings from this discourse analysis are a direct contribution to the project of understanding austerity as an ideological and political phenomenon. This project has, thus far, excluded such considerations. This analysis shows the, often contradictory, roles that gender plays in the discourse of austerity, highlighting the need for research that appreciates the need for such nuances. It also shows how gender plays a role in the key economic arguments for austerity, in particular that of the fiscal multiplier and those surrounding labour market reforms. As austerity in the European Union is normalised and adjusted in coming years, these findings will continue to be relevant until the debates over austerity take gender seriously.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): European Union -- Economic policy -- Sex differences, Discourse analysis
Journal or Publication Title: Comparative European Politics
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISSN: 1472-4790
Official Date: September 2018
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2018Published
16 July 2018Available
27 June 2018Accepted
Volume: 16
Number of Pages: 29
Page Range: pp. 745-761
DOI: 10.1057/s41295-018-0129-y
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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