Losing sight of women's rights (again):A response to Cowan et al
| Autor: | Lisa MacKenzie, Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
academic freedom 05 social sciences Academic freedom 050401 social sciences methods Gender studies women’s rights gender self-identification 0506 political science Sight 0504 sociology 050602 political science & public administration sex Sociology policy capture Equality Act 2010 |
| Zdroj: | Murray, K, Hunter Blackburn, L & Mackenzie, L 2020, ' Losing sight of women's rights (again) : A response to Cowan et al. ', Scottish Affairs, pp. 1-21 . https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2020.0348 |
| Popis: | This article responds to Cowan et al.'s critique of our article ‘Losing sight of women's rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture in Scotland’, published by Scottish Affairs 28(3) in August 2019. Cowan et al. make a series of strong criticisms, including of our accuracy, diligence and adherence to scholarly norms. We reject these as unreasonable. In our view, they misunderstand and misrepresent the fundamental purpose of our article, fail to engage with our core thesis of policy capture, and implausibly seek to place our view of the law beyond academic respectability. Their own strongly-asserted view of the law appears at least open to question. We argue that the problem is not with our scholarship falling below any normal acceptable standard, but rather that Cowan et al. appear to be uncomfortable with others holding and expressing any different view to theirs on this topic. They have therefore reached too quickly for assertions of incompetence or worse. We discuss the climate in which our original article was produced and in which we are now defending it. Describing our own experiences as well of those of other academics, we question how the scholarship needed to help shape policy and law in this area can take place under such conditions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|