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dc.contributor.authorIkonen, Hanna-Mari
dc.contributor.authorKorvajärvi, Päivi
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-07T09:19:03Z
dc.date.available2023-09-07T09:19:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationIkonen, H.-M., & Korvajärvi, P. (2023). Making choices but few changes : the discourse of choice and mothers working in research and innovation. <i>Gender and Education</i>, <i>Early online</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2023.2250819" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2023.2250819</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_184708406
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/88962
dc.description.abstractBased on the identification of the discourse of choice in debates on neoliberalism, meritocracy and post-feminism, this article analyses how highly educated mothers position themselves within the discourse of choice and use choice as their discursive resource when reflecting on how their demanding careers combine with motherhood. The data come from 26 interviews with mothers employed in research and innovation in Finland. The analysis reveals five ways in which the mothers positioned themselves within the discourse of choice. It appears these ways are all based on, and produce, the moral primacy of individual self-governance. We treat this as a demonstration of how neoliberalism is internalized and lived. Furthermore, the results show that an egalitarian welfare society whose policies support work–childcare reconciliation does not remove the need to use the individualistic discourse of choice. We suggest that this could be changed by voicing the challenges it poses to many women.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGender and Education
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otherneoliberal research work
dc.subject.othermeritocracy
dc.subject.otherpost-feminism
dc.subject.otherwork–childcare reconciliation
dc.subject.othermothers
dc.subject.otherchoice discourse
dc.titleMaking choices but few changes : the discourse of choice and mothers working in research and innovation
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202309074995
dc.contributor.laitosYhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Social Sciences and Philosophyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn0954-0253
dc.relation.volumeEarly online
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited
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dc.subject.ysomeritokratia
dc.subject.ysotyöelämä
dc.subject.ysotutkimustyö
dc.subject.ysoäidit
dc.subject.ysopäivähoito
dc.subject.ysofeminismi
dc.format.contentfulltext
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3216
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p16262
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p20279
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p12279
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p3523
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7254
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1080/09540253.2023.2250819
jyx.fundinginformationThis work was funded by Nordforsk (No. 81520: Nordwit 2017–2022).
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