Pacific Women in Politics : Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands / Kerryn Baker; edition by Jack Corbett, Brij V. Lal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Kerryn, author.

Contributor:

Corbett, Jack, editor.

Lal, Brij V., editor.

De Gruyter.

Series:

Topics in the contemporary Pacific

Topics in the Contemporary Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination--Political aspects--Oceania.

Sex discrimination.

Women and democracy--Oceania.

Women and democracy.

Women in public life--Oceania.

Women in public life.

Women--Political activity--Oceania.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Oceania.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : 3 black and white illustrations.

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

text file PDF

Summary:

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in politics is the use of gender "as, or measures designed to ensure a minimum level of women's representation. In those cases where "as have been effective, they have managed to change the face of power in previously male-dominated political spheres.How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender "a campaigns? To answer the question, Kerryn Baker explores the workings of four campaigns in the region. In Samoa, the campaign culminated in a "safety net" "a to guarantee a minimum level of representation, set at five female members of Parliament. In Papua New Guinea, between 2007 and 2012 there were successive campaigns for nominated and reserved seats in parliament, without success, although the constitution was amended in 2011 to allow for the possibility of reserved seats for women. In post-conflict Bougainville, women campaigned for reserved seats during the constitution-making process and eventually won three reserved seats in the House of Representatives, as well as one reserved ministerial position. Finally, in the French Pacific territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna, Baker finds that there were campaigns both for and against the implementation of the so-called "parity laws." Baker argues that the meanings of success in "a campaigns, and related notions of gender and representation, are interpreted by actors through drawing on different traditions, and renegotiating and redefining them according to their goals, pressures, and dilemmas. Broadening the definition of success thus is a key to an understanding of realities of "a campaigns. Pacific Women in Politics is a pathbreaking work that offers an original contribution to gender relations within the Pacific and to contemporary Pacific politics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

From the General Editors

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. Women, Politics, and Representation in the Pacific Islands

CHAPTER 2. The "10 Percent Law" Debate in Samoa

CHAPTER 3. Gender Quota Campaigns in Papua New Guinea, 2007-2012

CHAPTER 4. The Reserved Seats Debate in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville

CHAPTER 5. Parity Laws in the French Pacific Territories

CHAPTER 6. Interpreting Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands

Notes

References

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

9780824878597

OCLC:

1098213459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.