Gender Politics in Brazil and Chile: The Role of Parties in National and Local Policymaking (St Antony's)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0333736141 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 231 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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No one reading this book will be left in doubt as to the importance of political parties for advancing equality agendas, nor about the obstacles that party systems place in the way of female representation.' - Maxine Molyneux, Professor of Sociology, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK'{an excellent studyMacaulay brings to bear truly extraordinary fieldwork and interviews to provide detailed accounts of the very complex interactions between feminism and women's issuesand party formal, informal and leadership variablesthis study will endure as an exemplary piece of political analysis' - Journal of Latin American Studies'a significant and timely contribution' - Party Politics. ' a most welcome contribution to the analysis of Latin American politics, and to the field of gender studies. Exhaustively researched, it reveals the intricate relationships between gender politics, public institutions and policy outcomes
What impact do political parties have on women's political representation and on state gender policies? Does this vary at national and local levels? This study looks at the National Women's Ministry in Chile, a country of ideological conflict, strong parties and centralized government and the leftwing Brazilian Workers' Party, characterised by clientelism, weak parties and decentralization.
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. Her research interests, on which she has published widely, cover gender and politics, decentralization and social policies, human rights and the criminal justice system in Brazil and Latin America. FIONA MACAULAY is Lecturer in Development Studies in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK