Processes of industrialization, urbanization, deregulation, migration, and globalization have had a profound transformatory effect on gender and generational relations all over the world, displaying both differences and similarities. It relates to gender and the generational aspects of family life, family–work relations, ageing societies, the situation of the younger generations, popularization of higher education, the expanding middle class and emerging precariat, the environment and sustainable development, and the increasing inequalities between different groups and classes. All this has far-reaching impact on the conditions for gender equality work and academic research practice. For this special issue we invite papers that address these themes, particularly in relation to China and/or the Nordic countries. However, studies of other regions are also welcome. The development of Nordic gender equality as both social policy and research field has had radically different conditions compared to the Chinese. In spite of the huge differences between the Nordic countries and China in regard to size, culture, history, and political regimes, there may also be common features to these processes and the tensions they create between genders and generations. Exploring these questions may provide us with important knowledge regarding the conditions for improving gender equality in different times, places, and generations. A comparative view on conflicts, negotiations, and changing relations between genders and generations may illuminate both general and specific traits of processes of change as well as what might be entailed in the concepts of modernization and crisis.
Suggested areas for submissions include:
| • | Feminist activism | ||||
| • | Gender policies | ||||
| • | Relationships in change | ||||
| • | New parenting cultures | ||||
| • | Growing up—childhood and youth | ||||
| • | Ageing | ||||
| • | Femininities, masculinities, sexualities in change | ||||
| • | Transnational biopolitics | ||||
| • | Migration and multicultural experiences | ||||
| • | Risks and uncertain futures | ||||
| • | Gendering transport and climate changes | ||||
| • | Human rights and sexual minorities | ||||
How to submit:
For information on how to submit an article for this special issue click here: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=swom20#.VxY513Axoy4
Guest editor
Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen, University of Oslo, Norway
Email: [email protected]
Deadline for submission:
All manuscripts should be submitted via Scholar One Manuscripts http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nora no later than 1st March 2018.
Authors may contact the Guest Editor directly to discuss an intended submission.