PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hill, Kristina
TI  - Gender, Moral “Voices,” and the Making of Environmental Policy: A Case Study in Norway's Ministry of Environment
AID  - 10.3368/lj.13.2.145
DP  - 1994 Sep 21
TA  - Landscape Journal
PG  - 145--151
VI  - 13
IP  - 2
4099  - http://lj.uwpress.org/content/13/2/145.short
4100  - http://lj.uwpress.org/content/13/2/145.full
AB  - This study asks whether gender influences the ethical reasoning of professional policymakers in a governmental organization. Ten senior policy advisers in the Norwegian Ministry of Environment were interviewed. The results indicate the following: (1) male poticy-makers favored balancing competing rights in ethical reasoning, while women favored a strategy of response to the needs of affected parties, particularly children; (2) women were more likely to see emotion as an important component of an effective policy-making process, while men either did not address it or found it a negative influence; and (3) women more often than men perceived gender as an important factor in work at the ministry.