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Diffusion of Gender Quotas in Latin America and Beyond: Advances and Setbacks in the Last Two Decades

Diffusion of Gender Quotas in Latin America and Beyond: Advances and Setbacks in the Last Two Decades

Piatti-Crocker, Adriana
Varona-Lacey, Gladys M.

Hardcover

Series: Latin America, Book 19

General LawGeneral Political ScienceWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 1433110873
ISBN13: 9781433110870
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: Oct 31 2011
Pages: 263
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book studies the adoption and diffusion of gender quotas in Latin America and beyond. Gender quotas are institutional mechanisms intended to increase the proportion of women rapidly and effectively in key decision-making political posts. Since the 1980s, gender quotas have been implemented in various governmental bodies and, more commonly, in legislatures. Starting in Northern Europe, these policies have expanded to other European countries and later to thirteen Latin American countries. Yet, whereas gender quotas in most European countries - with the exception of Belgium and France - have been adopted voluntarily by some political parties, in Latin America national legislation mandates all parties to include in their lists a quota for women candidates to legislatures.

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