Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781349957033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 243 str.

Tomas Dosek; Flavia Freidenberg; Mariana Caminotti

Recenzje

"This book leverages rigorous research to develop a series of policy proposals for expanding and deepening women's involvement in Latin American democracies. The book is accessible to a broad audience including political science students, activists, and practitioners. ... As such, Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America will serve as a springboard for future research on women's political empowerment and a resource for cultivating formal and informal strategies for institutionalising women's access to political power." (Tiffany D. Barnes, Gender & Development, Vol. 25 (3), November, 2017)

Spis treści

1. Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America: An Introduction

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Flavia Freidenberg, Mariana Caminotti and Tomáš Došek

 

Part One: Women’s Descriptive Representation: From Quotas to Parity

2. Electoral Quotas and Beyond: Strategies to Promote Women in Politics 

Mona Lena Krook

3. Critical Challenges of Quotas and Parity in Latin America

Nélida Archenti and María Inés Tula

4. The Variation of Quota Designs and their Origins in Latin America (1991-2015)

Malu A. C. Gatto

Part Two: Women’s Substantive Representation and Policymaking

5. Challenging Gender Inequality within the State: Policy Agencies and Quota Laws in Latin America 

Jennifer Piscopo and Gwynn Thomas

6. Organizational Repertoires for Advancing Women’s Rights: An Analysis of Structures, Groups and Policies in National Legislatures in Latin America and the Caribbean 

Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá and Nancy Madera

Part Three: Public Opinion, Gender Stereotypes and Social Media

7. Does Gender Make a Difference? The Gender Gap in Latin American Politics

Dinorah Azpuru

8. Presidentas Twitteras: The Social Media Use of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Dilma Rousseff

Yanina Welp and Saskia Ruth

Part Four: Promoting Women’s Political Participation: The Role of Domestic and International Institutions

9. Contributions of Electoral Justice to the Strengthening of Women’s Political Rights:  The Case of Mexico in Comparative Perspective

María del Carmen Alanís Figueroa

10. Women in Elections: Identifying Obstacles and Strategies to Promote Electoral Competitiveness 

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian and Tyler Finn

11. Women and Politics in Colombia: Reforms, Advocacy and Other Actions led by International Development Agencies (2007-2014)

José Ricardo Puyana Valdivieso

12. Breaking Concrete, Glass and Cash Ceilings: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations from Scholars and Practitioners

Flavia Freidenberg, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Mariana Caminotti and Tomáš Došek

O autorze

Tomáš Došek is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the Institute of Political Science of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the Instituto de Iberoamérica, University of Salamanca, Spain.

Flavia Freidenberg is Principal Researcher at the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Political and Social Science at the same university. She is Associate Editor of Politics and International Relations of Latin American Research Review (LARR).

Mariana Caminotti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina, and Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), at the Center for Federal and Electoral Studies of the School of Politics and Government of the same University.

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian is Director of the Department of Social Inclusion of the Organization of American States (OAS), and former Director of the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation (2011-2014). Muñoz-Pogossian holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Florida International University of Miami.

 

Blurb

This book discusses the current tendencies in women’s representation and their role in politics in Latin American countries from three different perspectives. Firstly, the authors examine cultural, political-partisan and organizational obstacles that women face in and outside institutions. Secondly, the book explores barriers in political reality, such as gender legislation implementation, public administration and international cooperation, and proposes solutions, supported by successful experiences, emphasising the nonlinearity of the implementation process. Thirdly, the authors highlight the role of women in politics at the subnational level. The book combines academic expertise in various disciplines with contributions from practitioners within national and international institutions to broaden the reader’s understanding of women in Latin American politics.