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Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2017]
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| Series: | Crossing boundaries of gender and politics in the Global South.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America: an introduction
- Electoral quotas and beyond: strategies to promote women in politics
- Critical challenges of quotas and parity in Latin America
- The variation of quota designs and their origins in Latin America (1991-2015)
- Challenging gender inequality within the state: policy agencies and quota laws in Latin America
- Organizational repertoires for advancing women's rights: an analysis of structures, groups and policies in national legislatures in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Does gender make a difference? the gender gap in Latin American politics
- Presidentas Twitteras: the social media use of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Dilma Rousseff
- Contributions of electoral justice to the strengthening of women's political ights: the case of Mexico in comparative perspective
- Women in elections: identifying strategies to promote greater electoral competitiveness
- Women and politics in Colombia: reforms, advocacy and other actions led by international development agencies (2007--2014)
- Breaking concrete, glass and cash ceilings: conclusions and policy recommendations from scholars and practitioners.