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How organizational research can avoid the pitfalls of a co-optation perspective : analyzing gender equality work in Austrian universities with organizational institutionalism

Verfasst von: Striedinger, Angelika
in: International Feminist Journal of Politics
2017 , Heft: 2 , Band: 19 , 201-215 S.

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Einrichtung: GenderOpen
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Verfasst von: Striedinger, Angelika
In: International Feminist Journal of Politics
Jahr: 2017
Heft: 2
Band: 19
ISSN: 1461-6742
Sprache: Englisch
Beschreibung:
The concept of co-optation offers vocabulary to discuss how concerns and demands of feminist movements are transformed on their way to, and within, mainstream organizations and policymaking. However, applications of this concept can have problematic implications, failing to grasp the complexity of social change efforts and contributing to divisions, rather than alliances, between different groups that work and fight for gender equality. This article argues that conceptual tools from organizational institutionalism can help to avoid these pitfalls by capturing the ambivalence of organizational change initiatives, and allowing us to identify not only counterintentional effects, but also subtle and unexpected opportunities of organizational gender equality work. I illustrate my arguments with empirical examples from research on gender equality work in Austrian universities.
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