Governing Women (eBook, PDF)

Women's Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
Redaktion: Goetz, Anne Marie

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Though the proportion of women in national assemblies still barely scrapes 16% on average, the striking outliers - Rwanda with 49% of its assembly female, Argentina with 35%, Liberia and Chile with new women presidents this year - have raised expectations that there is an upward trend in women's representation from which we may expect big changes in the quality of governance. But getting women into public office is just the first step in the challenge of creating governance and accountability systems that respond to women's needs and protect their rights.

Using case studies from around the world, the essays in this volume consider the conditions for effective connections between women in civil society and women in politics, for the evolution of political party platforms responsive to women's interests, for local government arrangements that enable women to engage effectively, and for accountability mechanisms that answer to women. The book's argument is that good governance from a gender perspective requires more than more women in politics. It requires fundamental incentive changes to orient public action and policy to support gender equality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 307
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135911072
• Artikelnr.: 43073452

Autorenporträt

Anne Marie Goetz is a Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, currently on leave and working as an advisor on governance, peace and security to the UN Development Fund for Women. She is the author of five books on the subjects of gender and politics in developing countries, and on accountability reforms.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments. Introduction 1. Governing Women: Will New Public Space for
Some Women Make a Difference for All Women? Anne Marie Goetz Section 1:
Women's Civil Society Mobilization 2. Crossing the Lines: Women's Social
Mobilization in Latin America Virginia Bouvier 3. Consequences of Political
Liberalization and Socio-Cultural Mobilization for Women in Algeria, Egypt
and Jordan Marnia Lazreg 4. Transnational Feminism and Women's Human
Rights: Successes and Challenges of a Political Strategy Brooke A. Ackerly
and Bina D'Costa Section 2: Women in Political Competition 5. Women,
Political Parties and Social Movements in South Asia Amrita Basu 6. Women
and Political Engagement in East-Central Europe Eva Fodor 7. From Political
Sidecars to Legislatures: Women and Party Politics in Southern Africa
Onalenna Doo Selolwane 8. Political Parties and Gender in Latin America: An
Overview of Conditions and Responsiveness Teresa Sacchet Section 3:
Decentralization and Gender Equality 9. Decentralizing Government and
De-centering Gender: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa
Jo Beall 10. Women in Local Government in India Jana Everett 11. Who Speaks
For Whom? Women and the Politics of Presence in Uganda's Local Governance
Josephine Ahikire Section 4: Gender Equality and Good Governance 12.
Governing Women or Enabling Women to Govern: Gender and the Good Governance
Agenda Anne Marie Goetz 13. Public Administration Reform and Women in
Decision Making in China Jie Du 14. Ruling Out Gender Equality? The
Post-Cold War Rule of Law Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa Celestine
Nyamu-Musembi. Contributors. Index.