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Doing gender, practising politics : workplace cultures in local and devolved government

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Charles, Nickie (2014) Doing gender, practising politics : workplace cultures in local and devolved government. Gender, Work, and Organization, 21 (4). pp. 368-380. doi:10.1111/gwao.12042

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12042

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Abstract

This paper takes a workplace perspective to explore the ways in which institutional arrangements influence the doing of gender and the practising of politics. It compares the workplace culture of the National Assembly for Wales (NAfW) with that of local government in Wales, showing that the culture of the NAfW is experienced as less masculinised than local government and that women, and men, are less constrained to perform an aggressive, confrontational masculinity. This suggests that, in new political institutions, practising politics may be less closely tied to a particular way of doing gender and as a result may challenge the gendering of politics. Theoretically the paper engages with debates about doing, redoing and undoing gender, arguing that in order to understand how change can be brought about, attention needs to be paid to the structural context within which gender is done as well as the interactional level of doing gender.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology > Centre for the Study of Women and Gender
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Wales. National Assembly., Women--Political activity--Wales, Men--Political activity--Wales, Sex role in the work environment--Wales, Gender identity in the workplace--Wales, Decentralization in government--Wales, Local government--Wales
Journal or Publication Title: Gender, Work, and Organization
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
ISSN: 0968-6673
Official Date: July 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
July 2014Published
20 December 2013Available
23 September 2013Accepted
Volume: 21
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 368-380
DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12042
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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