Gender equality policy in the turmoil of the economic crisis
Abstract
The article explores the tendency for downgrading gender equality policy in Greece, which occurred under the pretext of the economic crisis. The aim is to highlight why this public policy is politically fragile and difficult to be implemented by the public administration. Analysis is focused on three elements of the policy process (after 1995), which are particularly crucial for gender equality policy, (a) the independent position of gender equality policy in the government policy agenda, (b) the role of major policy actors in law and institutional change, (c) the role of public administration in the implementation of gender equality policy. Furthermore, the contribution of the women's movement, as well as the role of the EU are reviewed, underlining the fact that the EU has actively supported gender equality measures, either by funding positive actions in the labour market or by urging for the implementation of gender mainstreaming in all public policies.
Article Details
- How to Cite
-
Στρατηγάκη Μ. (2017). Gender equality policy in the turmoil of the economic crisis. Greek Political Science Review, 41, 60–83. https://doi.org/10.12681/hpsa.14536
- Section
- Special Section

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (preferably in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).