Femocratic Administration by Tammy Findlay - 9781442648968

Femocratic AdministrationGender, Governance, and Democracy in Ontario\nAuthor(s): Tammy Findlay\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442648968, 978-1442648968\nSynopsis\nFemocratic Administration examines the gendered nature of public administration through a study of the Ontario Womens Directorate (OWD) between 1985 and 2000. Analysing the OWD from the perspective of feminist political economy, this book combines a detailed case study with a theoretical framework that reconceptualizes the meanings of state feminism, representation, and democracy.\n\n Using interviews and archival materials, Tammy Findlay argues that the feminist bureaucrats (or femocrats, as they are sometimes known) of the OWD were marginalized even before the rise of neoliberal governance and New Public Management of the 1990s. Achieving substantive democracy for Ontarios women, she contends, requires more than just institutional refo.