Lecturer: Julia Willén

Venue: 419

Gender, state and welfare. In this lecture the “Swedish gender equality model” is historicised and discussed in the light of postcolonial/post-racial perspectives on gender.

Readings:

Yuval-Davis, Nira, ”Women and the Biological Reproduction of 'the Nation’” in Women’s Studies International Forum, vol 19, No. 1-2, 1996, pp. 17-24.

Mulinari, Diana “Woman friendly? Understanding gendered racism in Sweden?” in Melby, Kari; Carlsson Wetterberg, Christina; and Ravn, Anna-Birte (eds.) Gender Equality and Welfare politics in Scandinavia. The Limits of Political ambition? Bristol: Policy 2008.

Further readings:

Katarina Giritli Nygren, Lena Martinsson and Diana Mulinari, “Gender Equality and Beyond: At the Crossroads of Neoliberalism, Anti-Gender Movements, “European” Values, and Normative Reiterations in the Nordic Model” in Social Inclusion, 2018, Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 1–7

Ann Towns, “Paradoxes of (In)Equality. Something is Rotten in the Gender Equal State of Sweden”, in Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association Vol. 37(2): 157–179.

Anna Gavanas, “2. Social exclusion, inclusion and the in/formal domestic service sector in Stockholm” in Gavanas, Who cleans the welfare state. Migration, informalization, social exclusion and domestic services in Stockholm, Institute for Futures Studies, Research Report 2010/3.