Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the State? : institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women / Shirin M. Rai editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rai, Shirin.

Contributor:

United Nations.

Series:

Perspectives on democratization.

Perspectives on democratization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization.

Equality.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As democratization has come to be seen as important to securing long-term political stability, the role of national machineries for the advancement of women become more and more relevant. The relationships between gender, state structures, and other policy-making demands are considered in detail.

Contents:

Contents; Figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Introduction - Shirin M. Rai; 1 Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women: mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state? - Shirin M. Rai; 2 Gender mainstreaming: conceptual links to institutional machineries - Kathleen Staudt; 3 National women's machinery: state-based institutions to advocate for gender equality - Anne Marie Goetz; 4 National women's machineries: structures and spaces - Nüket Kardam and Selma Acuner

5 The role of the women's movement in institutionalizing a gender focus in public policy: the Ecuadorian experience - Silvia Vega Ugalde6 The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, the women's movement and gender mainstreaming in the Philippines - Jurgette Honculada and Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo; 7 National machinery for gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries - Birgitta Aseskog; 8 Gender awareness and the national machineries in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe - Zuzana Jezerska

9 The government of the United Kingdom: the Women's National Commission - Wendy Stokes10 The national machinery for gender equality in Uganda: institutionalized gesture politics? - Joy C. Kwesiga; 11 The National Commission for Women: the Indian experience - Shirin M. Rai; 12 The life and times of women's policy machinery in Australia - Marian Sawer; Conclusions: looking forward - Shirin M. Rai; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Published for and on behalf of the United Nations."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-73401-9

9786610734016

1-84779-050-X

1-4175-9040-8

OCLC:

191926001