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What did the coalition government do for women? An analysis of gender equality policy agendas in the UK 2010 – 2015

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:32 authored by Anna Sanders, Claire Annesley, Francesca Gains
The UK Coalition era 2010–2015 was characterised as being detrimental to women. However, to date, research has not comprehensively examined the impact on gender equality of the Coalition’s policies in different policy domains. This paper examines policies that were introduced to address gender inequality and policies that had a detrimental impact on gender equality during the five years of Coalition Government. We draw on a typology of gender equality policies which categorises policies as either addressing the class or status basis of gender inequalities and scholarships that demonstrates that the determinants of policy change will vary depending upon which type of policy is brought forward. We find that numerous status-based gender equality policies reached the government agenda as well as some class-based policies. However, this agenda setting activity around gender equality needs to be set against the Coalition’s austerity policies, which removed significant provision for gender equality and set limits on the effectiveness of some new initiatives.

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

British Politics

ISSN

1746-918X

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Issue

2

Volume

14

Page range

162-180

Department affiliated with

  • Politics Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex European Institute Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-01-16

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-01-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-01-15

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