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dc.contributor.authorVirkki, Tuija
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-31T10:14:20Z
dc.date.available2017-05-31T10:14:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationVirkki, T. (2017). At the Interface of National and Transnational: The Development of Finnish Policies against Domestic Violence in Terms of Gender Equality. <i>Social Sciences</i>, <i>6</i>(1), Article 31. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6010031" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6010031</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_27023914
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_73894
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/54212
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Sciences
dc.subject.otherSuomi
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.titleAt the Interface of National and Transnational: The Development of Finnish Policies against Domestic Violence in Terms of Gender Equality
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201705302572
dc.contributor.laitosYhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Social Sciences and Philosophyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineSosiaalityöfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSocial Worken
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2017-05-30T12:15:22Z
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn2076-0760
dc.relation.numberinseries1
dc.relation.volume6
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© Virkki, 2017. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysoperheväkivalta
dc.subject.ysotasa-arvo
dc.subject.ysofeminismi
dc.subject.ysotransnationaalisuus
dc.subject.ysohyvinvointipolitiikka
dc.subject.ysososiaalipolitiikka
dc.subject.ysohyvinvointivaltio
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.3390/socsci6010031
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