LEADER 03874nam 22005415 450 001 9910370248603321 005 20200705153912.0 010 $a3-030-34679-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-34679-9 035 $a(CKB)4900000000505083 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6005629 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-34679-9 035 $a(PPN)259456373 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000505083 100 $a20200103d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFeminist Advocacy and Activism in State Institutions $eInvestigating the Representation of Women?s Issues and Concerns in the Jamaican Legislature /$fby Jacqueline A. Coore-Hall 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (152 pages) 311 $a3-030-34678-1 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Presence, and Representation, of Minority Interests: A Framework for Gendering the Policy Agenda in the Jamaican Legislature -- Chapter 3. Bringing Women?s Issues to the Legislative Agenda: Gender, Bill Sponsorship and Participation -- Chapter 4. Feminist Advocacy and Activism in the Jamaican Parliament: Does Gender Matter -- Chapter 5. The Story Has Been Told, What Next? 330 $aThis book analyzes the effect of gender on policy-making in the Jamaican Parliament, specifically regarding women-friendly policies. So-called "women-friendly policies" are categorized as those laws which seek to promote and protect women?s rights and equality and have some element addressing childcare, domestic violence, sex offences, reproductive rights, sex discrimination, property rights and family issues. It frames critical analysis of bill sponsorship and the participation levels and verbal contributions of legislators during floor debates on legislation affecting women. Using a mixed method approach, the author gives insight into how feminism is integrated into real-time public policy discourse. The book begins with a brief overview of feminist advocacy and activism and State feminism in Jamaica and an introduction to the country?s Parliamentary system. It then moves to a theoretical discussion of feminist advocacy within public policy debates. The next two chapters present a time series analysis of bill introduction and floor debates on women's interests and issues legislation from 1962 through 2017. The concluding chapter ties up the research and provides recommendations for moving forward. Combining feminist theory with a detailed view of Jamaican Parliamentary procedure and debate, this book will be useful to students and researchers interested in feminist advocacy and activism, minority representation, democratic governance, and women in politics. 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aPublic policy 606 $aLegislative bodies 606 $aPolitics and Gender$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911260 606 $aPublic Policy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060 606 $aLegislative and Executive Politics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911240 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aPublic policy. 615 0$aLegislative bodies. 615 14$aPolitics and Gender. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aLegislative and Executive Politics. 676 $a305.42 700 $aCoore-Hall$b Jacqueline A$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0917599 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910370248603321 996 $aFeminist Advocacy and Activism in State Institutions$92057271 997 $aUNINA