¿Nadando contra corriente? Resistencias a la promoción de la conciliación en las universidades españolas

  1. Alonso Álvarez, Alba 1
  2. Diz Otero, Isabel 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Journal:
Revista internacional de sociología

ISSN: 0034-9712

Year of publication: 2022

Volume: 80

Issue: 2

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/RIS.2022.80.2.21.01 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Inequality between men and women remains a persistent phenomenon in academia, despite the adoption of a variety of gender sensitive measures. This article contributes to open the black box of university institutions and builds an analytical framework that helps understand the ineffectiveness of policies addressing the reconciliation of work and personal life. Drawing on several bodies of feminist literature, it shows how resistances involving a variety of actors play a significant role in hindering policy implementation. Additionally, it identifies those unwritten rules that collide with equality measures and underpin this opposition to institutional change. The case study of the University of Santiago de Compostela provides with the empirical material to shed light on the centrality of both elements by using a variety of qualitative techniques.

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