ABSTRACT This paper contributes a Swedish perspective on how selected feminist movement ideas, such as women’s right to economic independence, are being appropriated by neoliberal policies. Swedish governments have argued that opening up the publicly funded eldercare sector to private providers would advance entrepreneurship undertaken by women and immigrants. In this article, we critically explore the ambiguity of the gender equality and ethnic diversity arguments used to justify private sector involvement in publicly funded eldercare in Sweden. We draw upon Carol Bacchi’s theory of policies as gendering practices to argue that the discourses of equal opportunity underpinning the politics of entrepreneurship in the home care sector obscure and recreate inequalities. Our analysis, based on interviews with politicians, public officials and interest organizations involved in the market for Swedish eldercare, shows that the politics of entrepreneurship in the home care sector privilege entrepreneurs who reflect the white masculine gendering of entrepreneurship and disadvantage those with subject positions deviating from the normative entrepreneur. Our findings suggest that policy-engineered entrepreneurship is a poor tool in the struggle for gender equality, as this kind of policymaking is likely to operate in tandem with gendering and racializing practices that impede socioeconomic progress.

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平等机会？瑞典老年护理中的创业政治性别化和种族化

摘要本文为瑞典的观点提供了看法，即新自由主义政策如何运用某些女性主义运动思想，例如妇女的经济独立权。瑞典政府认为，将公共资助的养老服务部门开放给私人提供者，将会促进妇女和移民的创业精神。在本文中，我们批判性地探索了性别平等和种族多样性论点的歧义，这些论点用于证明私营部门参与瑞典公共资助的老年人护理的合理性。我们借鉴卡洛尔·巴奇（Carol Bacchi）的性别平等政策理论为依据，认为，机会均等的论据是家庭护理行业企业家政治的基础，它掩盖并重现了不平等现象。根据对政客的采访，我们的分析 参与瑞典养老服务市场的公共官员和利益组织表明，家庭护理行业的企业家政治赋予了那些反映白人白人男性化的企业家身份的企业家特权，并使那些主题位置偏离规范企业家的企业家处于劣势。我们的研究结果表明，政策制定的企业家精神在争取性别平等的斗争中是一个糟糕的工具，因为这种决策很可能与阻碍社会经济进步的性别化和种族化做法同时进行。研究表明，家庭护理行业的企业家政治赋予了企业家以白人男性化的性别意识，而那些主题位置偏离规范企业家的企业家则处于劣势。我们的研究结果表明，政策制定的企业家精神在争取性别平等的斗争中是一个糟糕的工具，因为这种决策很可能与阻碍社会经济进步的性别化和种族化做法同时进行。研究表明，家庭护理行业的企业家政治赋予了企业家以白人男性化的性别意识，而那些主题位置偏离规范企业家的企业家则处于劣势。我们的研究结果表明，政策制定的企业家精神在争取性别平等的斗争中是一个糟糕的工具，因为这种决策很可能与阻碍社会经济进步的性别化和种族化做法同时进行。