CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Janeckova, Hedvika |
|---|---|
| Title | Regulating domestic work in the Czech Republic: What's the problem and what's not? |
| Summary | Based on Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be’ approach to policy analysis, this thesis examines the Czech government’s proposal to regulate the domestic services sector and assesses its potential to remedy social injustices and gender inequalities pertinent to domestic work. While many would applaud the state’s policy decision to intervene in the sector, given the social injustices experienced by domestic workers, this thesis adopts a rather skeptical view towards the suggested voucher policy. Drawing on feminist political economy literature and feminist policy scholarship, I argue that the policy removes gender from the framing of the problem and silences social injustices pertinent to domestic work. If implemented, I posit, it will result in an ineffective policy and give a real life effect to the workings of power inherent in the policy proposal. This argumentation is further complemented with problematization of the Czech government’s position towards regulation of domestic work as a way to protect and improve the working and living conditions of domestic workers, which the Czech government has excluded from their policy processes. |
| Supervisor | Meger, Sara |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/janeckova_hedvika.pdf |
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