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WOMEN IN UK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SCHOLARSHIP?
Author(s) -
MILLER KAREN JOHNSTON,
McTAVISH DUNCAN
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01895.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , promotion (chess) , administration (probate law) , legislation , public administration , political science , masculinity , field (mathematics) , value (mathematics) , sociology , public relations , gender studies , law , politics , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , pure mathematics
The promotion of gender equality has been adopted onto many national policy agendas with the introduction of legislation, public policies and regulatory duties. Yet, gender occupational segregation and discrimination persists. This paper examines the gendered nature of the UK public sector and questions the extent to which public administration scholarship addresses gender bias. The evidence, based on secondary and primary data, reveals that public administration scholarship tends to value masculinity. The intention of the paper is to stimulate a debate by providing a critical reflection of public administration scholarship, and concludes with some tentative suggestions on ways forward for the field of study.