Gender and Power [electronic resource] : Towards Equality and Democratic Governance /
Vianello, Mino.editor.
Hawkesworth, Mary.editor.
Despite explicit commitments to gender equality, women experience complex modes of disadvantage and discrimination in all nations of the world. Offering sophisticated insights into the persistence of gendered differences in opportunities, roles, power, and rights in societies across the globe, this volume investigates factors that both enable and constrain women's advancement. From intimate relations within families, to social norms, relations, ideologies, and structures of power, to political institutions, electoral systems, and public policies, the chapters analyze possibilities for and obstacles to inclusive democratic practices and identify interventions essential to enable democratic values to take root. Contributors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the USA provide detailed assessments of the social, economic, and political condition of women, their mobilizations to produce transform gendered power and authority in diverse nations, and their efforts to enhance the quality of their lives, their communities, and democratic governance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Figures List of TablesForeword: Gender, Power and the Worldwide Struggle for Equality; Raewyn ConnellAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction; Fatima SadiqiI. DEMOCRATIC DEFICITS: SITES, CONTEXTS, AND TACTICS OF REDRESSSection Intro; Michal Palgi1. Women's Political Representation in Brazil; Jose lvaro Moises and Beatriz Rodrigues Sanchez 2. Women and Political Participation in Morocco; Moha Ennaji 3. Gender, Policy and Leadership: A Comparative Perspective; Joyce Gelb4. Probing the Parameters of Gender, Power and Democracy in Nigeria; Leslye Obiora5. Building Women's and Men's Political Representation in Post-Communist European Countries; Renata Siemienska 6. Women's Participation in Global Executive Positions; Michal Palgi II. EXPLAINING INEQUALITIES: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES Section Intro, Luigi Zoja7. Economics, Gender and Power; Elisabetta Addis 8. Feminine Creativity and Masculine Power; Elena Caramazza9. The Centrality of Women in the Human Adventure; Piero Giorgi10. Gender and Power; Mino Vianello 11. The Submissiveness Trap; Luigi Zoja 12. A Different Power; Valeria Perucca III. RECONCEPTUALIZING THE QUALITY OF DEMOCRACYSection Intro, Jose Alvaro Moises13. Gender and Democratic Governance: Reprising the Politics of Exclusion; Mary Hawkesworth 14. Quality of Democracy and Political Inclusion; Jose; Alvaro Moises 15. Gender and Democracy; Mino VianelloIV. STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION Section Intro, Jane Bayes16. The Feminization of Authority in Morocco; Fatima Sadiqi17. Gender, Power, and Networks: Women's Organizing and Changing Gender Relationships in Africa and Latin America; Jane Bayes 18. Gender Power and Violence: Perspectives for Change; Elena Liotta19. Gender Issues in Primary Childcare and their Implications for Democracy; Eva Pattis20. Women's Mobilizations for Political Representation in Patriarchal States: Models from Japan and South Korea; Ki-young Shin Conclusion; Renata Siemienska Index.
Despite explicit commitments to gender equality, women experience complex modes of disadvantage and discrimination in all nations of the world. Offering sophisticated insights into the persistence of gendered differences in opportunities, roles, power, and rights in societies across the globe, this volume investigates factors that both enable and constrain women's advancement. From intimate relations within families, to social norms, relations, ideologies, and structures of power, to political institutions, electoral systems, and public policies, the chapters analyze possibilities for and obstacles to inclusive democratic practices and identify interventions essential to enable democratic values to take root. Contributors from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the USA provide detailed assessments of the social, economic, and political condition of women, their mobilizations to produce transform gendered power and authority in diverse nations, and their efforts to enhance the quality of their lives, their communities, and democratic governance.
Sociology.
Political sociology.
Social policy.
Political science.
Democracy.
Gender Studies.
Political Sociology.
Social Policy.
Political Science.
Democracy.
Social Policy.