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    Aalborg UniversitetGender, Intersectionality and the European Public SphereSiim, BirtePublication date:2010Document VersionEarly version, also known as pre-printLink to publication from Aalborg UniversityCitation for published version (APA):Siim, B. (2010). Gender, Intersectionality and the European Public Sphere. Paper presented at Eurosphere Mid-term International Conference, Brussels 11-12-11, 2010, Brussels, Belgium, . http://eurospheres.org/General rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            ? 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You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at vbn@aub.aau.dk providing details, and we will remove access tothe work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: November 29, 2020Gender, Intersectionality and the European Public SphereBirte Siim, Aalborg UniversityEUROFORUM SESSIONS: EUROSPHERE Mid-Term International Conference, Brussels. 11-12 November, 2010Issues for Debate Methodological reflections and design How is gender linked to diversity in different organizations? How is gender equality & women’sissues being framed in the EU & acrossEurope ? Confrontation of research findings withtheories, models & conceptsEurosphere: Diversity and the EPS http://www.eurospheres.org/What are social & pol. actors views about diversity & EPS? What models do organizations believe in - a centralized or fragmented (or another model of) European Polity? Organizations’ views on EU polity/policies: views on the development of EU-polity; and views concerning EU's involvement and power in policy-makingDo actors/organizations communicate/ participate in EURO-networks spaces?What are their perceptions of diversity, PS & EPSGendering The EPSCritique of the EP models:The liberal market model is exclusionaryThe republican citizenship model – is homogenizingThe cosmopolitan model – is built ’from above’Only the deliberative model is able empower women as social & political actorsDemocratic Diversity in the Public SphereDimensions in  public sphere (Ferree 2002): Who should participate, on what occations? What should be the form of content of theircontribution to the public discourse? How should the actors communicate withone another? What are the desired outcome of the process?Guiding HypothesisGender makes a difference for attitudes of opinion makers on the four different sitesPresence:  Women are marginalised in the EP; but different positions on the four sitesPower:  Women and minortities are both marginalised in the EPSDiscourses:  Gender intersects with diversity with various meanings across EuropeResearch Dimensions Where are the women – presence, voice & power/empowerment Gendering as a process – framings, arguments & discourse, silencing  Diversity & pluralism – a focus on intersections of gender and diversity Desired outcomes – policies, models & visions and practice? Research Questions To explore and explain the role of women and gender groups in the articulation of the national public sphere(s) & in relation to the four sites – i.e. political parties, social movements, media and think tanks - if and how they interact, cooperate and negotiate with ethnic minority groups.  To explore and explain the role of gender related concerns in the articulation of the national public sphere(/s) and how they relate to issues of diversity in relation to social and political spaces/sites. To explore and explain the role of gender groups in the articulation of the European Public Sphere (EPS), how they cooperate & negotiate with ethnic minority groups. To explore and explain the role of gender-related concerns in the articulation of the European Public Sphere and how they relate to issues of diversity, especially to ethno-national concerns.Methodological Reflections: Challenges & limitationsMulti-level model – macro-meso & microMultiple approaches to the EPSComparative approach: 16 countries, 200 organisations, 1300 interviewsMultiple sites: Political parties, social movements/NGOs, think tanks, and mediaData: Elite interviews, institutional data, media and surveysMethods: Content analysis, critical frame analysis and discourse analysis of textsPreliminary ConclusionsThe dominant picture: gender interacts withother factors & categories, i.e. nationality, pol. families, ethnicity/raceThe EWL is challenged: from minoritywomen’s org. & new (Conservative) women’s organizationsThe dominant picture: a positive perception of women’s SMOs of the link betweenEuropean integration and gender equality?Gendering as a ProcessNew struggles about the meaning of genderequality & women’s issues at the national level and in the EP?Conservative & Socialists in the EP have different values, models & visions of genderMajority and minority women’s org. have alliances but may have different prioritiesA Paradox? No common public sphere – yetmany org. belong to transnat. networksIntersectionalityDominant national discourses are gendered - some exclude the unequal other Incusive counter discourses intersecting gender with ethno-national diversity exist, i.e. in pol. parties & anti-racist org.The coupling of gender and ethnicity/race is not a dominant concern in the selected women’s organisationsThe European Public SphereCounter  discourses  to the EPS: Euro -scepticisms & visions of a social EuropeIs the dominant gender discourse in the EP & the EWL is challenged by enlargement?  New struggles about the meaning of gender equality & women’s rightsIntersections of gender and ethnicity /race by women’s org. as rhetoric and practiceConfronting Theory and ResearchGender and Diversity: Respondents articulate a dualism between gender and diversity modelsGendering the EPS: Alliances between women & minorities cannot be taken for granted; questionscommon interests based upon marginalisationChallenge to assumptions about a gap betweencivil society actors and national pol. institutionsDiversity: Respondents express differences in terms of nationality, pol. families, ethnicity/race

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