Engendering transitions : women's mobilization, institutions, and gender outcomes / Georgina Waylen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waylen, Georgina.

Series:

Gender and politics.

Gender and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Democratization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What has been the impact of transitions to democracy on gender relations? What roles have women's mobilizations played in processes of democratization? In a new and over-arching thematic analysis, Engendering Transitions answers these questions by comparing the transitions from state socialism and authoritarianism that took place as part of the 'third wave' of democratization that swept the world from the mid 1970s onwards. Using empirical material drawn from eight case study countries in East Central Europe and Latin America as well as South Africa, Georgina Waylen explores the gendered const

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; Part I. Analysing Gender and Transitions; Part II. Women's Organizing; Part III. The Electoral Arena; Part IV. The State and Policy Outcomes; Conclusions; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-228) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-924804-4

1-281-16401-1

9786611164010

0-19-153016-6

1-4356-2244-8

OCLC:

648361093