Handbook on gender, diversity and federalism / edited by Jill Vickers, Joan Grace, Cheryl N. Collier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Vickers, Jill, editor.

Grace, Joan, editor.

Collier, Cheryl N., 1967- editor.

Series:

International handbooks on gender.

International handbooks on gender series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This insightful Handbook offers a comprehensive exploration of the third generation of gender and federalism studies. Contributors explore the intersection of federalism and decolonization in Global South countries, dissecting transitions between authoritarian regimes and democratic governance and mapping new issues in Western federations, such as LGBTQ rights and separatism. Key chapters examine critical policy issues in federations, drawing on a range of disciplines to offer fresh insights into how federal practices, institutions and discourses interact with gender and other diversities including 'race', religion and sexual minorities. In this timely and authoritative examination, feminist scholars in both the West and the Global South debate the impact of state architectures on women's movements, partisan organizations and policy advocacy using innovative discursive, institutional and intersectional approaches. This Handbook will be of interest to researchers and students of gender and federalism studies; feminist political scientists; traditional federalism scholars; feminist researchers in gender-focused social science fields; mainstream and feminist policy analysts and practitioners; and comparative politics scholars"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword Carol Weissert

preface Jill Vickers

1. Introduction to Handbook on Gender, Diversity and Federalism / Jill Vickers, Joan Grace and Cheryl N. Collier

Part I. Theoretical and comparative approaches

2. How can comparative studies of federations be gendered? Gendering inter-governmental relations / Jill Vickers

3. Does federalism support policy innovation for children and families? Canada in comparative context / Linda A. White

4. Federalism, gender equality and religious rights: Canada and Nigeria / Peter (Jay) Smith

5. Federalism and women's descriptive representation / Daniel Stockemer and Michael J. Wigginton

6. Mapping the terrain: Gender in global governance and the federal option / Judit Fabian

7. Comparing country-wide women's organizations in Canada and the United States in the age of decentralization / Cheryl N. Collier

Part II. Third-wave gender/federalism research in some 'western' federations

8. Federalism, courts and LGBTQ policy in Canada / Miriam Smith

9. Reproducing the masculine, neoliberal state: Canadian federalism doctrine and the judicial deregulation of reproductive technologies / Kerri A. Froc

10. Trump's 'principles of economic mobility' and Medicaid: Gender, race and federalism / Melissa Haussman

11. Federalism and women's equality rights campaigns in Canada / Beverley Baines

12. The gendered territorial dynamics of the Spanish state of autonomies / Tània Verge and Alba Alonso

13. Regendering the federal bargain in Canada / Joan Grace

14. Feminism and federalism in Australia: Pushing federalism beyond territory / Kim Rubenstein

Part III. Third-wave gender/federalism research in the global South: Latin America, Asia and Africa Latin America

15. The federal restriction of women's rights: Argentina's politics on abortion and contraception / Debora Lopreite

16. National law and territorialized public policy goods: The violence against women law in Brazil / Simone Bohn

17. Women's policy agencies and federalism: Inmujeres in Mexico / Caroline Beer Asia

18. Devolution and the multilevel politics of gender in Pakistan / Mariam Mufti

19. Gender, federalism and the state in India / Carole Spary

20. The political economy of gender budgeting: Empirical evidence from India / Lekha Chakraborty, Veena Nayyar and Komal Jain

21. Indian federalism and violence against women: A complex web of power relationships / Catherine Viens and Priscyll Anctil Avoine

22. 'Nested newness' and the engendering of regional autonomy: Women's rights and equality in Hong Kong / Susan J. Henders Africa

23. #bring back our girls : Girls' education and women's security in northern Nigeria / Plangsat Bitrus Dayil and Jill Vickers

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78811-930-4