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Women’s Rights in Democratizing States

Women’s Rights in Democratizing States
Author: Denise M. Walsh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139495453

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This study offers an explanation for why advances in women's rights rarely occur in democratizing states. Drawing on deliberative theory, Denise Walsh argues that the leading institutions in the public sphere are highly gendered, meaning women's ability to shape the content of public debate and put pressure on the state to advance their rights is limited. She tests this claim by measuring the openness and inclusiveness of debate conditions in the public sphere during select time periods in Poland, Chile and South Africa. Through a series of structured, focused comparisons, the book confirms the importance of just debate for securing gender justice. The comparisons also reveal that counter publics in the leading institutions in the public sphere are crucial for expanding debate conditions. The book concludes with an analysis of counter publics and suggests an active role for the state in the public sphere.


Women's Rights in Democratizing States

Women's Rights in Democratizing States
Author: Denise M. Walsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2011
Genre: Democratization
ISBN: 9780511925849

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"This study offers a new explanation for why advances in women's rights rarely occur in democratizing states. Drawing on deliberative theory, Denise Walsh argues that the leading institutions in the public sphere are highly gendered, meaning women's ability to shape the content of public debate and put pressure on the state to advance their rights is limited. She tests this claim by measuring the openness and inclusiveness of debate conditions in the public sphere during select time periods in Poland, Chile and South Africa. Through a series of structured, focused comparisons, the book confirms the importance of just debate for securing gender justice. The comparisons also reveal that counter publics in the leading institutions in the public sphere are crucial for expanding debate conditions. The book concludes with an analysis of counter publics and suggests an active role for the state in the public sphere"--Provided by publisher.


Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State?

Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State?
Author: Shirin Rai
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719059780

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Published in association with the United Nations, this book builds on the existing body of literature on gender and democratization by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women. It considers the appropriate mechanisms through which the mainstreaming of gender can take place, and the levels of governance involved; defines what the interests of women are, and how and by what processes these interests are represented to the state policy making structures. Global strategies for the advancement of women are considered, and how far these have penetrated at national level, illuminated by a series of case studies - gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries, the Ugandan ministry of Gender, Culture and Social services, gender awareness in Central and Eastern Europe, and further examples from South Korea, the Lebanon, Beijing and Australia.


Democratization and Women's Grassroots Movements

Democratization and Women's Grassroots Movements
Author: Jill M. Bystydzienski
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1999
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780253334459

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The book illustrates how community-based actions, programs, and organizations that allow women to determine their lives and participate in decision making contribute to the creation of a civil society and thus enhance democracy. The case studies show how participation in grassroots movements promotes women's involvement in their organizations, communities, and in societal institutions, as it influences state policy and empowers women in personal relationships.


Sharing Power

Sharing Power
Author: Manon Tremblay
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351900463

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The representation of women in parliament is a subject of extensive research and a focus for political action in the last decade. The wide variation in women's parliamentary presence contradicts the expectation that established or consolidated democracies are more supportive of the presence of women in political life than emerging democracies. This volume explains this variation through a series of closely investigated case studies from the post-Communist transition democracies of Eastern Europe and emerging democracies in Asia and the Middle East to the long-established liberal democratic states. The volume examines the history of women's legislative involvement, clearly addressing the issue of equal opportunities for women in political life on a cross-national basis. It also identifies innovative solutions to redress the power-sharing balance between women and men. Offering a unique comparative perspective, Sharing Power will appeal to students and scholars of politics, women's studies, history and legislative studies.


Women, Civil Society and the Geopolitics of Democratization

Women, Civil Society and the Geopolitics of Democratization
Author: Denise M. Horn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2010-04-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136991654

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Over the past decade, democratization and civil society promotion became key variables in preserving global security and the liberal economic market. This book examines the prevalence of democratization policies as a hegemonic geopolitical tool; these policies represent a concerted political effort in which civil society organizations are manipulated through funding strategies. Denise Horn offers a fresh, innovative feminist-constructivist perspective by arguing that Western gender norms—i.e. those norms that determine degrees of participation within civil society—inform the policies of hegemonic powers and transform the foundations of civil society in transitional states. This powerful volume will be of interest to students and scholars in Gender and Women’s Studies, Political Science, and International Relations.


Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Elizabeth Maier
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0813547288

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"This is a very exciting collection that will fill an important gap in what has emerged in comparative studies of women and Latin American democracies. Maier and Lebon provide provocative overview essays, and the chapters trace a range of cases from Argentina and Brazil to Nicaragua and Venezuela, showing how institutions. leaders and culture all shape the opportunities and challenges women face."---Jane Jaquette, editor of Feminist Agendas and Democracy in Latin America --


Women in Contemporary Democratization

Women in Contemporary Democratization
Author: Shahra Razavi
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2000
Genre: Democracy
ISBN:

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This paper looks at the issue of democratization from a gender perspective. While many of the problems afflicting the "new democracies" (such as the elitist character of political parties, and the failure of the state to guarantee civil and political rights or make a significant dent in poverty) affect all citizens, they are manifested and experienced in gender-specific ways. Women's persistent exclusion from formal politics, in particular, raises a number of specific questions about how to reform democratic institutions, since these institutions are not automatically gender-equitable.


State Feminism, Women's Movements, and Job Training

State Feminism, Women's Movements, and Job Training
Author: Amy Mazur
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136533516

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Drawing from the work of internationally renowned scholars from the Research Network on Gender, Politics and the State (RNGS), this study offers in-depth analysis of the relationship between state feminism, women's movements and public policy and places them within a comparative theoretical framework. Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Finland, Austria, Belgium, Canada, and the U.S. are all discussed individually.