03873nam 2200697Ia 450 99621056230331620240410090152.01-280-73401-997866107340161-84779-050-X1-4175-9040-8(CKB)1000000000030907(EBL)242639(OCoLC)191926001(SSID)ssj0000195573(PQKBManifestationID)11178718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195573(PQKBWorkID)10129713(PQKB)11699956(MiAaPQ)EBC242639(Au-PeEL)EBL242639(CaPaEBR)ebr10078508(CaONFJC)MIL73401(OCoLC)59169296(EXLCZ)99100000000003090720030127d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMainstreaming gender, democratizing the State?[electronic resource] institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women /Shirin M. Rai editor1st ed.Manchester ;New York Manchester University Press distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave20031 online resource (319 p.)Perspectives on democratization"Published for and on behalf of the United Nations."0-7190-5978-X 0-7190-5977-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.Contents; Figures and tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Introduction - Shirin M. Rai; 1 Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women: mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state? - Shirin M. Rai; 2 Gender mainstreaming: conceptual links to institutional machineries - Kathleen Staudt; 3 National women's machinery: state-based institutions to advocate for gender equality - Anne Marie Goetz; 4 National women's machineries: structures and spaces - Nüket Kardam and Selma Acuner5 The role of the women's movement in institutionalizing a gender focus in public policy: the Ecuadorian experience - Silvia Vega Ugalde6 The National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, the women's movement and gender mainstreaming in the Philippines - Jurgette Honculada and Rosalinda Pineda Ofreneo; 7 National machinery for gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries - Birgitta Aseskog; 8 Gender awareness and the national machineries in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe - Zuzana Jezerska9 The government of the United Kingdom: the Women's National Commission - Wendy Stokes10 The national machinery for gender equality in Uganda: institutionalized gesture politics? - Joy C. Kwesiga; 11 The National Commission for Women: the Indian experience - Shirin M. Rai; 12 The life and times of women's policy machinery in Australia - Marian Sawer; Conclusions: looking forward - Shirin M. Rai; Bibliography; IndexAs democratization has come to be seen as important to securing long-term political stability, the role of national machineries for the advancement of women become more and more relevant. The relationships between gender, state structures, and other policy-making demands are considered in detail.Perspectives on democratization.DemocratizationEqualityWomenSocial conditionsDemocratization.Equality.WomenSocial conditions.305.42Rai Shirin147220United Nations.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996210562303316Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the State1963229UNISA