Abstract
The paper begins with a discussion of recent debates over the use, and utility, of the concept of ‘patriarchy’, arguing that despite successive modifications, as a universal theory of gender relations its essentialist and structurally over‐determined features have not been overcome. Rather, the way forward is to work creatively with the tension between equality and difference, essentialism and nominalism, where gender relations are structured in negotiated and interpreted in context by changing and flexible gendered subjects. The paper uses a comparative analysis of state policies towards women, looking at women's employment, motherhood and the equality agenda in Britain, France, Norway and the Czech Republic.
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