Cullen, Pauline (2021) Trade Union Mobilization and Female-Dominated Care Work in Ireland: Feminised and/or Feminist? Politique européenne, 74 (4). pp. 136-163. ISSN 1623-6297

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Abstract

This article adopts a feminist policy and politics perspective to examine gendered shifts in mobilization of Trade Unions in Ireland. While Unions enjoyed access to policy-setting contexts in a form of social partnership from the late 1980s to 2008, this process was abolished in the economic crisis and was replaced by austerity-era public pay stability agreements. Adopting a case study approach, this research scrutinizes Trade Union campaigns for feminised occupations to examine how gender is used to do political and ideational work in feminised campaigns. This analysis raises larger questions about what happens when national corporatist models decline and Unions in response look to ‘gender’ campaigns and mobilise feminised occupational sectors.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Trade Union Mobilization; Female-Dominated Care Work; Ireland; Feminised; Feminist;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Item ID:	17069
Depositing User:	Dr. Pauline Cullen
Date Deposited:	23 Mar 2023 15:07
Journal or Publication Title:	Politique européenne
Publisher:	Cairn.info pour L'Harmattan
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use License:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA).Details of this licence are available here

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