TY - BOOK AU - Došek,Tomáš AU - Freidenberg,Flavia AU - Caminotti,Mariana AU - Muñoz-Pogossian,Betilde ED - ProQuest (Firm), TI - Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America T2 - Crossing boundaries of gender and politics in the global South SN - 9781349950096 U1 - 320.082098 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Political science KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - Latin America KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Comparative politics KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books N1 - Electronic book available via the Ebook Central platform; Women, politics, and democracy in Latin America : an introduction; Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Flavia Freidenberg, Mariana Caminotti, Tomáš Došek --; I. Women's descriptive representation : from quotas to parity --; Electoral quotas and beyond : strategies to promote women in politics; Mona Lena Krook --; Critical challenges of quotas and parity in Latin America; Nélida Archenti and María Inés Tula --; The variation of quota designs and their origins in Latin America (1991-2015); Malu A. C. Gatto --; II. Women's substantive representation and policymaking --; Challenging gender inequality within the state : policy agencies and quota laws in Latin America; Jennifer M. Piscopo and Gwynn Thomas --; Organizational repertoires for advancing women's rights : an analysis of structures, groups and policies in national legislatures in Latin America and the Caribbean; Ana Laura Rodríguez Gustá and Nancy Madera --; III. Public opinion, social media and gender --; Does gender make a difference? The gender gap in Latin American politics; Dinorah Azpuru --; Presidentas Twitteras : the social media use of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Dilma Rousseff; Yanina Welp and Saski P. Ruth --; Contributions of electoral justice to the strengthening of women's political rights : the case of Mexico in comparative perspective; María del Carmen Alanís Figueroa --; Women in elections : identifying strategies to promote greater electoral competitiveness; Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian and Tyler Finn --; Women and politics in Colombia : reforms, advocacy and other actions led by international development agencies (2007--2014); José Ricardo Puyana --; V. Conclusions --; Breaking concrete, glass and cash ceilings : conclusions and policy recommendations from scholars and practitioners; Flavia Freidenberg, Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Mariana Caminotti and Tomáš Došek UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/parliamentuk/detail.action?docID=4776550 ER -