Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the State? [[electronic resource] ] : institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women / / Shirin M. Rai editor

• Autore: Rai Shirin
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Democratization; Equality; Women - Social conditions
• Note generali: "Published for and on behalf of the United Nations."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Acuner ; 5 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 Jezerska ; 9 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the State
• ISBN: 1-280-73401-9; 9786610734016; 1-84779-050-X; 1-4175-9040-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996210562303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Perspectives on democratization.