Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America / Tomáš Došek, Flavia Freidenberg, Mariana Caminotti, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, editors.
Contributor(s): Došek, Tomáš [editor.]
| Freidenberg, Flavia [editor.] | Caminotti, Mariana [editor.] | Muñoz-Pogossian, Betilde [editor.] | ProQuest (Firm) [distributor.].Series: Crossing boundaries of gender and politics in the Global South: Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781349950096; 9781349950089.Subject(s): Political science | Women -- Political activity -- Latin America | Sociology | Democracy | Comparative politics | Latin America -- Politics and governmentGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.082098 Online resources: Click here to access online. | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2021-1093 |
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Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America : an introduction / Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Flavia Freidenberg, Mariana Caminotti, Tomáš Došek -- I. Women's descriptive representation : from quotas to parity -- Electoral quotas and beyond : strategies to promote women in politics / Mona Lena Krook -- Critical challenges of quotas and parity in Latin America / Nélida Archenti and María Inés Tula -- The variation of quota designs and their origins in Latin America (1991-2015) / Malu A. C. Gatto -- II. Women's substantive representation and policymaking -- Challenging gender inequality within the state : policy agencies and quota laws in Latin America / Jennifer M. Piscopo and Gwynn Thomas -- 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 -- III. Public opinion, social media and gender -- Does gender make a difference? The gender gap in Latin American politics / Dinorah Azpuru -- Presidentas Twitteras : the social media use of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Dilma Rousseff / Yanina Welp and Saski P. Ruth -- Contributions of electoral justice to the strengthening of women's political rights : the case of Mexico in comparative perspective / María del Carmen Alanís Figueroa -- Women in elections : identifying strategies to promote greater electoral competitiveness / Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian and Tyler Finn -- Women and politics in Colombia : reforms, advocacy and other actions led by international development agencies (2007--2014) / José Ricardo Puyana -- V. Conclusions -- Breaking concrete, glass and cash ceilings : conclusions and policy recommendations from scholars and practitioners / Flavia Freidenberg, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Mariana Caminotti and Tomáš Došek.