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Governing Women : Women's Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
By: Goetz
| Retail Price: | $135.00 |
| Booktopia Price | $121.50 |
ISBN: 0415956528
Date Published: September 2008
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Though the proportion of women in national assemblies still barely scrapes sixteen per cent on average, the striking outliers Rwanda with 49 per cent of its assembly female, Argentina with thirty-five per cent, Liberia and Chile with new women presidents this year have raised expectations that there is an upward trend in womens representation from which we may expect big changes in the quality of governance. Getting women into public office is just the first step in the challenge of creating governance and accountability systems that respond to womens needs and protect their rights. What are the enabling conditions that enhance womens political influence once in public office, that support the emergence of a voting constituency interested in gender equality, and that generate public sector management in womens interests?
The essays in this volume answer these questions from different angles, using case studies from around the world. They consider the conditions for effective connections between women in civil society and women in politics, for the evolution of political party platforms responsive to womens interests, for local government arrangements that enable women to engage effectively, and for accountability mechanisms that answer to women. Gender and Good Governance in the Tropics argues that good governance from a gender perspective requires more than just additional women in politics, it requires fundamental incentive changes to orient public action and policy to support gender equality.
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- Society & Culture » Social Groups » Gender Studies
- Politics & Government » Public Administration
- Society & Culture » Social Groups » Gender Studies » Gender Studies for Women
- Politics & Government » Political Control & Freedoms » Human Rights » Civil Rights & Citizenship
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