Inflytandet av problemrepresentationer för jämställdhetsintegrering

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This thesis uses the ?What?s the problem?-approach developed by Carol Lee Bacchi. This approach studies how the problem that a certain policy is supposed to take care of is represented. Each representation will rest upon certain assumptions and will accordingly support certain solutions while other solutions will be considered less suitable to the problem as it is represented. The thesis therefore evaluates the competing problem representations for gender mainstreaming in Sweden. The theory chapter explores two development possibilities for gender mainstreaming, based on diversity and deliberative democracy. The idea analysis of the problem representations will accordingly consider the dimensions diversity and deliberative democracy. In consequence, the question at issue is: How do the problem representations for gender mainstreaming interact with solutions for diversity and deliberative mechanisms? The problem representations are identified in newspapers, government bills and in the policy for gender mainstreaming in the Swedish government office. The main result is that the dominant problem representations mainly rest upon ...