%0 Journal Article
%T WOMEN¡¯S AUTONOMY AND THE FAMILY IN RECENT ROMANIAN POLICY-MAKING
%A ALICE IANCU
%J Challenges of the Knowledge Society
%D 2011
%I Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest
%X In my paper I aim to provide an analysis of the relation between women¡¯s autonomy and the family in Romanian recent policy-making. I will focus primarily on policies developed by the Romanian state after Romania¡¯s integration in the European Union with regards to the family and family-related policy domains. My analysis will focus on several variables: 1. the theoretical instruments available for analyzing women¡¯s autonomy in relation to state policies 2. the understanding of the family in Romanian policy-making 3. the interplay between women¡¯s autonomy and the family and how policy-making influences the relation between the two. The analysis will take into consideration the specific Romanian socio-political context in terms of economic conditions, ideological influences and gender relations. Political theory is no stranger to the issue of individual autonomy. In my paper I will focus on recent feminist political theories on gendered accounts of autonomy. These accounts modify the understanding of autonomy and focus on conditions and aspects of autonomy relevant to women¡¯s lives and experiences. The current financial crisis and recent developments in Romanian policy-making will be analyzed in terms of how they affect women¡¯s autonomy. Since much of Romanian policy-making still avoids including gender and gender relations into its explicit justifications, provisions and evaluation, referring to the family as a basic social unit, the gendered consequences for women¡¯s autonomy of such an approach need to be understood and acknowledged. In my analysis I will use both Romanian and European recent policy papers, as well as recent data obtained through social research.
%K Women¡¯s autonomy
%K family
%K Romanian policies
%K feminist theory
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