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Record Nr.

UNISA996552369903316

Autore

Rai Shirin M

Titolo

Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state : institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women / / Shirin M. Rai; published for and on behalf of the United Nations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2003

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Perspectives on democratization

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Democratization

Equality

Women - Government policy

Women - Political activity

Women - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Democratization has become an important concept in the last ten years. With the end of the Cold War, the spread of globalization, and the extension of economic regulatory regimes, democratization has come to be seen as important to securing long-term political stability. Much has been written about democratization and gender in works on human rights, citizenship, women's movements and challenges to authoritarian regimes. This book, published in association with the United Nations, builds on this existing body of literature by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women. Appropriate mechanisms through which the mainstreaming of gender can take place are considered, and the levels of governance involved - the relationship between gender mainstreaming and state structures, and the effect of this relationship on issues of decentralization, accountability, consultation and participation. It defines what the 'interests of women' are, and how and by what processes these



interests are represented to the state policy making structures. Global strategies for the advancement of women, and how far these have penetrated at national level are considered. This is illuminated by a series of case studies - gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries, the Ugandan ministry of Gender, Culture and Social services, gender awareness in Central and Eastern Europe, and further examples from South Korea, the Lebanon, Beijing and Australia. This book will be of vital use to students of democratization, gender studies and politics, and is the first full-length appraisal of global strategies and national machineries for the advancement of women.