TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – The purpose of this chapter is to consider “equality mainstreaming” as an international policy and to explore some of the implications this raises for public management.Design/Methodology/Approach – The methodology is based on literature review looking at the way gender mainstreaming practices have developed a wider application to equality mainstreaming. Examining the relationship between mainstreaming and evidence-based management, it comments on the challenges this poses for public management.Findings – Equality mainstreaming and its implications have been largely absent from public management discourse despite the growth of equality mainstreaming in international policy.Research limitations/Implications – Research in public management should address mainstreaming and its potential for social change.Practical implications – This chapter brings this issue to the forefront in an effort to engage academics and public managers.Social implications – This chapter raises theoretical questions about mainstreaming and social change in favor of equality. It is a starting point for further research on public management as a tool for shifting organizational and societal values.Originality/Value – The chapter provides an overview of previous literature and policy development in this area and then moves on to explore the implications of extending mainstreaming as a concept to other policy areas and examines both challenges and opportunities raised by this approach for the management of values in public services.
VL  - 1
SN  - 978-0-85724-998-2, 978-0-85724-997-5/2045-7944
DO  - 10.1108/S2045-7944(2012)0000001006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2045-7944(2012)0000001006
AU  - Speeden Stuart
ED  - John Diamond
ED  - Joyce Liddle
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Chapter 3 Mainstreaming Equality: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Management
T2  - Emerging and Potential Trends in Public Management: An Age of Austerity
T3  - Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 47
EP  - 72
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -