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The role of experts in forming family policy under an adversarial subsystem in the Czech Republic
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SYSNO ASEP 0559540 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The role of experts in forming family policy under an adversarial subsystem in the Czech Republic Author(s) Saxonberg, S. (CZ)
Formánková, Lenka (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAI
Hašková, Hana (SOU-Z) RID, ORCID, SAISource Title International Journal of Social Welfare - ISSN 1369-6866
Roč. 32, č. 1 (2023), s. 101-112Number of pages 12 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords Czech Republic ; expert commission ; family policy ; father leaves ; gender ; participatory observation Subject RIV AO - Sociology, Demography OECD category Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work) R&D Projects GA17-21259S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support SOU-Z - RVO:68378025 UT WOS 000827281900001 EID SCOPUS 85134224070 DOI 10.1111/ijsw.12550 Annotation This article analyzes the interplay between policymakers and scientists in devel-oping the Family Policy Plan for the Czech Republic in 2017. As former membersof the government commission that developed the plan, we base the article onparticipatory observation. When we joined the commission, a‘window of oppor-tunity’hadopenedasthecountryforthefirst time ever had feminist-friendlyminister and vice-minister of labour and social affairs. We explain why due tothe inter- and intra-party dynamics, the parental leave reform to introduce‘daddy months’failed. We argue an adversarial subsystem existed in that thethree coalition partners disagreed onthe reform. According to Ingold andGschwend (2014), under such circumstances, scientists play a strategic role, espe-cially if there is unity among them. However, although there was basic unityamong the scientists in the commission,the coalition partners at the governinglevel were able to block or water down the reform proposal under the study. Workplace Institute of Sociology Contact Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijsw.12550
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