Gender and Representation in Latin America

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-085123-1 (ISBN)

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Just as Latin American countries began to transition to democracy in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the region also saw gains in social, cultural and economic gender equality. In accordance with modernization theories, women in the region have also made significant inroads into elected office. However, these gains vary a great deal between countries in Latin America. They also vary significantly at different levels of government even within the same country. Inside government arenas, representation is highly gendered with rules and norms that advantage men and disadvantage women, limiting women's access to full political power. While one might expect these variations to map onto socioeconomic and cultural conditions within each country, they don't correlate.

This book makes, for the first time, a comprehensive comparison of gender and representation across the region -- in seven countries -- and at five different levels: the presidency, cabinets, national legislatures, political parties, and subnational governments. Overall, it argues that gender inequality in political representation in Latin America is rooted in democratic institutions and the democratic challenges and political crises facing the region. Institutions and political context not only influence the number of women and men elected to office, but also what they do once in office, the degree of power to which they gain access, and how their presence and actions influence democracy and society, more broadly. Drawing on the expertise of scholars of women, gender, and political institutions, this book is the most comprehensive analysis of women's representation in Latin America to date, and an important resource for research on women's representation worldwide. The causes, consequences, and challenges to women's representation in Latin America are not unique to that region, and the book uses Latin American patterns to draw broad conclusions about gendered representation in other areas of the world.

Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rice University. She is author of Political Power and Women's Representation in Latin America and co-author of The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions.

Acknowledgments
List of Contributors

1. An Introduction to Gender and Representation
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer

Part I. Arenas of Representation
2. Latin America's Presidentas: Overcoming Challenges, Forging New Pathways
Catherine Reyes-Housholder and Gwynn Thomas

3. Women in Presidential Cabinets: Getting into the Elite Club?
Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson and Meredith P. Gleitz

4. Women in Legislatures: Gender, Institutions, and Democracy
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer and Santiago Alles

5. Women in Political Parties: Seen But Not Heard
Jana Morgan and Magda Hinojosa

6. Women's Representation in Subnational Governments: Replicating National Institutions or Forging a Unique Path?
Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Kendall D. Funk

Part II: Countries
7. Women's Representation in Argentine National and Subnational Governments
Tiffany D. Barnes and Mark P. Jones

8. Informal Institutions and Women's Political Representation in Chile (1990-2015)
Susan Franceschet

9. Parity without Equality: Women's Political Representation in Costa Rica
Jennifer M. Piscopo

10. Marginalization of Women and Male Privilege in Political Representation in
Uruguay
Niki Johnson

11. Women's Conditioned Access to Political Office in Mexico
Pär Zetterberg

12. Women, Power, and Policy in Brazil
Clara Araújo, Anna Calasanti, and Mala Htun

13. Female Representation in Colombia: A Historical Analysis (1962 - 2014)
Mónica Pachón and Santiago E. Lacouture

14. Conclusion: The Gendered Nature of Democratic Representation in Latin
America
Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer

Appendices
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2018
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	231 x 155 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-085123-6 / 0190851236
ISBN-13	978-0-19-085123-1 / 9780190851231
Zustand	Neuware