Gender, actors, and institutions at the local level: Explaining variation in policies to address violence against women and girls

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Gains, Francesca; Lowndes, Vivien
• 署名单位: University of Manchester; University of Birmingham
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12329
• 发表日期: 2018
• 关键词: crime commissioners; EQUALITY; Europe; FEDERALISM; FRAMEWORK; england; REFORM

摘要

Research on gender equality policy has generally focused on actors and institutions at the national and international levels. This article considers the role of local-level actors and institutions in explaining different policy responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG). The literature on gender policy trajectories identifies the particular importance of executive actors in influencing status policies like VAWG. Quantitative data are analyzed to show how local Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales have responded to demands for policy action. The focus is on the interaction between the 41 elected commissioners and the new institutional arrangements for police governance introduced in 2012. The article shows that variation in policy outcomes is related (a) to the gender of executive actors and (b) to the way in which actors interpret elements of the institutional framework, regardless of their own gender.