Feminismo nacionalista nunha nación patriarcal:análise da proposta e recepción crítica da obra de Queizán

Que implica o feminismo nacionalista en Galiza? Trátase dunha posición feminista que xorde desde dentro do nacionalismo? (E de ser así, de que tipo de nacionalismo?). Ou trátase máis ben dun proxecto nacionalista inserido dentro da corrente feminista? (E neste caso, de que tipo de feminismo?). O principal propósito deste artigo é abordar estes interrogantes, explorando como interactúan as identidades de xénero e as identidades nacionais no pensamento e obra de Queizán. Para iso, en primeiro lugar cómpre contextualizar o espazo que lle reserva o discurso nacional(ista) dominante a outros parámetros definitorios alén da nación, e en particular ao parámetro xénero. Tras analizar posteriormente a proposta de Queizán, a terceira sección propón someter a exame a recepción que esta proposta feminista tivo por parte da crítica política, intelectual e literaria nacionalista. Esta achega é clave para comprender a evolución das formulacións da autora, así como a súa posición actual no panorama político e cultural galego do presente.

Going green: prospects for SME's to attain ISO 14001 and the challenges they face in the process

This research aimed to identify any common factors that have enabled and/or motivated SMEs to successfully implement ISO 14001 whilst the majority have not. It also identified what challenges and barriers SMEs face in doing so and how some have overcome these. The existing literature suggests that the majority of SMEs perceive their environmental impacts to be proportional to their size; have a poor understanding of environmental issues; have a poor awareness of environmental regulations; do that have the necessary expertise or leadership to address environmental issues and that SMEs with an environmental management system such as ISO 14001 are very much the minority. The main factors that influenced whether an SME had implemented ISO 14001 were: competitive advantage, regulatory compliance, supply chain pressures, leadership, expertise, resources and external support. This research used qualitative analysis of interviews with managers and directors from 8 SMEs with ISO 14001 and 4 without. All of the SMEs were based in the West Midlands or Staffordshire. Interviews were also conducted with 3 organisations offering support to businesses on environmental issues and with 1 large business who was engaging their suppliers (which included SMEs within this sample) on environmental issues. The research found that there were four main factors that enabled or motivated the SMEs to implement ISO 14001, these were: leadership, supply chain pressures, external support and SMEs' history and experience of accredited management systems. The main challenges that these business had to overcome and that prevented the other SMEs from achieving ISO 14001 were: achieving regulatory compliance, perceived financial cost, lack of perceived competitive advantage, access to relevant and affordable support and for those SMEs without ISO 14001 there was very little perceived external pressure or need for them to do so.