Diffusion of gender quotas in Latin America and beyond : advances and setbacks in the last two decades / edited by Adriana Piatti-Crocker.
2011
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Title
Diffusion of gender quotas in Latin America and beyond : advances and setbacks in the last two decades / edited by Adriana Piatti-Crocker.
Published
New York : Peter Lang Pub., [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KG136.W64 D543 2011
ISBN
9781433110870 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1433110873 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1433110873 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)595739094
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-254) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction / Adriana Piatti-Crocker
vii
1.
Jumping on the Bandwagon: Explaining Innovation and Diffusion of Gender Quota Laws in Latin America / Adriana Piatti-Crocker
1
2.
Candidate Selection as Political Barriers for Gender Quotas: The Case of Argentina at Subnational Levels / Maria Ines Tula
18
3.
Gender Quotas and Equity Promotion in Mexico / Jennifer M. Piscopo
36
4.
The Diffusion of Sub-National Gender Quotas in Mexico and Their Impacts / Par Zetterberg
53
5.
Participation of Women in the Elections of 2002, 2006 and 2010: The Quota Policy and the Brazilian Electoral System / Jose Eustaquio Diniz Alves
70
6.
Gender Quotas in Peru: Origins, Interactions with Electoral Rules, and Re-Election / Gregory D. Schmidt
98
7.
From Temporary Measures to the Parity Principle: The Case of Costa Rica / Ana Isabel Garcia Quesada
114
8.
Women's Quotas in the Dominican Republic: Advances and Detractions / Jacqueline Jimenez Polanco
130
9.
From Vanguard to Straggler: Women's Political Representation and Gender Quotas in Uruguay / Veronica Perez
151
10.
Legislative Gender Quotas in Former Communist and Post-Conflict Societies: The Cases of Armenia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, and Serbia / Laman Tasch
173
11.
Diffusion of Gender Quotas in Latin America and Beyond: Advances and Setbacks in the last two decades / Adriana Piatti-Crocker
185
Notes
197
References
227
List of Contributors
255
Index
259