Engendering Transitions Women's Mobilization, Institutions and Gender Outcomes

Name: Engendering Transitions Women's Mobilization, Institutions and Gender Outcomes
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ISBN: 9780199248049

ISBN-10: 0199248044

ISBN-13: 9780199248049

Edition: 2007

Authors: Georgina Waylen

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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 constraints and opportunities provided by processes of democratization and economic restructuring. This…

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List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English




Analysing Gender and Transitions



Gender and Politics



The Democratization Literature



Framework



Women's Organizing



Democratization, Civil Society and Social Movements



Women's Organizing in Non Democratic Regimes



Women's Organizing in the Breakdown



Women's Organizing in the Transition Phase



Post Transition Women's Organizing



The Electoral Arena



Non Democratic Regimes



The Breakdown and Transition



Post Transition



The State and Policy Outcomes



Non Democratic Regimes



Post Transition Outcomes



Social and Economic Transitions


Conclusions


Appendices


References