Mainstreaming : Northern Ireland's participative-democratic approach
By: DONAGHY, Tahnya Barnett.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, jan. 2004Policy & Politics 32, 1, p. 49-62Abstract: At a time when both practitioners and academics are calling for a greater understanding and more research into gender mainstreaming, this article develops both a practical case study and explores some of the deeper conceptual understandings of mainstreaming models. Specifically, the article places Northern Ireland within the emerging literature on mainstreaming, establishing it as a valuable case study, based on the breadth and depth of the approach adopted since devolution.The article then develops the understanding of the participative-democratic mainstreaming model from a description of processes to include an understanding of the impact of the origins of mainstreaming on model designAt a time when both practitioners and academics are calling for a greater understanding and more research into gender mainstreaming, this article develops both a practical case study and explores some of the deeper conceptual understandings of mainstreaming models. Specifically, the article places Northern Ireland within the emerging literature on mainstreaming, establishing it as a valuable case study, based on the breadth and depth of the approach adopted since devolution.The article then develops the understanding of the participative-democratic mainstreaming model from a description of processes to include an understanding of the impact of the origins of mainstreaming on model design
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