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Resistance to gender quotas in Latin America /

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Tracing legislators' behaviour towards gender quotas since the policy made its way into plenary debates, this title reconstructs 30 years of power struggles over quota policymaking in Latin America and shows that men legislators are more likely to support gender quotas when opposing them could...

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Main Author: Gatto, Malu A. C., 1989- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Women political candidates > Latin America.
Sex discrimination against women > Political aspects > Latin America.
Legislators > Latin America > Attitudes.
Latin America > Politics and government.
Parlementaires > Amérique latine > Attitudes.
Candidates (Élections) > Amérique latine.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Aspect politique > Amérique latine.
Amérique latine > Politique et gouvernement.
Comparative Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Politics & government.
Politics and Government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of tablesList of figures
  • Abbreviations
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Consented defeat: A theory of strategic resistance to gender quotas
  • 3: Sex, ambition, and vulnerability to displacement: Unpacking gender quota resistance
  • 4: Thirty years of quota resistance in Latin America
  • 5: Consistent resistance and gradual change: The case of Brazil
  • 6: Changing levels of resistance and transformative change: The case of Costa Rica
  • 7: High levels of resistance and abrupt change: The case of Chile
  • 8: Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index.