The New Politics of Gender Equality

Political interventions in pursuit of gender equality are currently high on the political agenda but the transformative potential of women's policy agencies gender quotas and gender mainstreaming is frequently compromised by the demands of neo-liberal governance on the one hand and essentialist assertions of group identity on the other. This book explores the potential of these strategies arguing that they need to be framed by considerations of democratic justice rather than technocratic utility and complex diversity rather than sexual difference.