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      Women’s Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform

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      Women’s Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
      Edited ByAnne Marie Goetz
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2008
      eBook Published 5 December 2008
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203892503
      Pages 307
      eBook ISBN 9780203892503
      Subjects Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      Goetz, A.M. (Ed.). (2008). Governing Women: Women’s Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203892503

      ABSTRACT

      Though the proportion of women in national assemblies still barely scrapes 16% on average, the striking outliers – Rwanda with 49% of its assembly female, Argentina with 35%, Liberia and Chile with new women presidents this year – have raised expectations that there is an upward trend in women’s representation from which we may expect big changes in the quality of governance. But getting women into public office is just the first step in the challenge of creating governance and accountability systems that respond to women’s needs and protect their rights.

      Using case studies from around the world, the essays in this volume consider the conditions for effective connections between women in civil society and women in politics, for the evolution of political party platforms responsive to women’s interests, for local government arrangements that enable women to engage effectively, and for accountability mechanisms that answer to women. The book’s argument is that good governance from a gender perspective requires more than more women in politics. It requires fundamental incentive changes to orient public action and policy to support gender equality.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part |2 pages

      INTRODUCTION

      chapter 1|20 pages

      Governing Women: Will New Public Space for Some Women Make a Difference for All Women?

      ByANNE MARIE GOETZ

      part |2 pages

      SECTION 1 Women's Civil Society Mobilization

      chapter 2|20 pages

      Crossing the Lines: Women’s Social Mobilization in Latin America

      ByVIRGINIA M. BOUVIER

      chapter 3|18 pages

      Consequences of Political Liberalization and Sociocultural Mobilization for Women in Algeria, Egypt and Jordan

      ByMARNIA LAZREG

      chapter 4|22 pages

      Transnational Feminism and Women’s Human Rights: Successes and Challenges of a Political Strategy

      ByBROOKE A. ACKERLY AND BINA D’COSTA

      part |2 pages

      SECTION 2 Women in Political Competition

      chapter 5|25 pages

      Women, Political Parties and Social Movements in South Asia

      ByAMRITA BASU

      chapter 6|17 pages

      Women and Political Engagement in East-Central Europe

      ByEVA FODOR

      chapter 7|19 pages

      From Political Sidecars to Legislatures: Women and Party Politics in Southern Africa

      ByONALENNA DOO SELOLWANE

      chapter 8|25 pages

      Political Parties and Gender in Latin America: An Overview of Conditions and Responsiveness

      ByTERESA SACCHET

      part |2 pages

      SECTION 3 Decentralization and Gender Equality

      chapter 9|21 pages

      Decentralizing Government and De-centering Gender: Lessons from Local Government Reform in South Africa

      ByJO BEALL

      chapter 10|20 pages

      Women in Local Government in India

      ByJANA EVERETT

      chapter 11|21 pages

      Who Speaks For Whom?: Women and the Politics of Presence in Uganda’s Local Governance

      ByJOSEPHINE AHIKIRE

      part |2 pages

      SECTION 4 Gender Equality and Good Governance

      chapter 12|18 pages

      Governing Women or Enabling Women to Govern: Gender and the Good Governance Agenda

      ByANNE MARIE GOETZ

      chapter 13|17 pages

      Public Administration Reform and Women in Decision Making in China

      ByJIE DU

      chapter 14|17 pages

      Ruling Out Gender Equality?: The Post–Cold War Rule of Law Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa

      ByCELESTINE NYAMU MUSEMBI
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