From the first, specialization and coordination have presented governments with a
conundrum: specialized program might be best for delivering one service to the public, but …

From the earliest settler policies to deal with the “Indian problem,” to contemporary
government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has …

L'Etat peut-il penser la cause des femmes? L'amélioration du statut social des femmes et la
déstabilisation des inégalités entre les sexes ont constitué une des transformations sociales …

After a Coalition electoral victory in 2013, the Australian Office for Women was returned from
the periphery to the centre of government. This was contrary to the expectation that women's …

The debate surrounding the transformative potential of gender mainstreaming has revived
concerns of co-optation of equality work and resistance first expressed by early feminist …

By analyzing the politics of Indigenous peoples in the United States, Canada, Australia, and
New Zealand, political scientists gain new perspectives on power and powerlessness. Such …

Femocratic Administration examines the gendered nature of public administration through a
study of the Ontario Women's Directorate (OWD) between 1985 and 2000. Analysing the …

It is argued that political-administrative organizations are becoming increasingly complex
with more horizontal governance required. In Swedish municipal administration, there is a …

Good public policy depends on good policy research. In recognition of this, Status of Women
Canada instituted the Policy Research Fund in 1996. It supports gender-based policy …

This article presents a comparative analysis of the institutional trajectories traced by
women's policy agencies within government in the province of British Columbia in Canada …