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Gender politics in Brazil and Chile the role of parties in national and local policymaking /

' ...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. No one reading this book will be left in doubt as to...

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Main Authors: Macaulay, Fiona.
Published:
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Chile.
Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brazil)
Women in politics > Brazil.
Women in politics > Chile.
Political parties > Brazil.
Political parties > Chile.
Political parties > Chile. > Chile.
Gender studies, gender groups > Chile. > Chile.
Politics and Government.
Brazil > Politics and government > 1985-.
Chile > Politics and government > 1988-.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230595699
Summary: ' ...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. 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 study...Macaulay brings to bear truly extraordinary fieldwork and interviews to provide detailed accounts of the very complex interactions between feminism and women's issues...and party formal, informal and leadership variables...this study will endure as an exemplary piece of political analysis...' - Journal of Latin American Studies '...a significant and timely contribution...' - Party Politics.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780333736142, 2006.
Carrier Form: 248 p.
ISBN: 9780333736142
9780230595699 :
0230595693 :
CLC: D441
Contents: List of Tables Glossary List of Brazilian States Acknowledgements Introduction Gendered and Gendering Parties PART 1: BRAZIL Porous Parties, Permeable State The Workers' Party, Gender and Feminism O Modo Petista: Local Level Gender Policy PART 2: CHILE In Their Place: The Political Uses of Women Between Ideologies: The National Women's Ministry Decentralization Deficits: Delivering Policy at the Local Level Comparisons and Conclusions Notes and References Index.

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