At the Interface of National and Transnational: The Development of Finnish Policies against Domestic Violence in Terms of Gender Equality
Virkki, T. (2017). At the Interface of National and Transnational: The Development of Finnish Policies against Domestic Violence in Terms of Gender Equality. Social Sciences, 6(1), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6010031
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Although gender inequalities are the main social mechanisms behind the (re)production of
domestic violence, policy responses to domestic violence as a gender-related problem vary at both
the national and transnational levels. This article examines the interaction between national and
transnational policies against domestic violence, focusing on how domestic violence is constructed as
a gender-related problem in Finland, a Nordic welfare state that is often cited as a role model in gender
equality. Using the conception of policies as historically changing and culturally specific discourses,
this article offers an overview of the ways in which the perspective on domestic violence of the
transnational feminist movement has been engaged and transformed in the Finnish context over the
five last decades. It is shown that transnational pressure has played a critical role in pushing Finland
towards a stronger recognition of domestic violence as a gender issue. However, this transformation
has taken place rather within the framework of more neutral “women-friendly” welfare policies than
within a feminist framework. The article concludes that the Finnish way of translating transnational
norms to the national level is characterized by a tendency to modify the transformative meanings
underpinning the transnational feminist discourses to a more gender-neutral form.
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