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Author : Georgina Waylen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786600042
The book takes up the challenges of gender equality in informal institutions though a feminist institutionalist lens.
Author : OECD Development Centre
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264039070
Informal institutions — family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms — are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes and this book advocates a pragmatic way of dealing with them.
Author : M. Krook,F. Mackay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230303911
Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach - feminist institutionalism - in order to answer crucial questions about power inequalities, mechanisms of continuity, and the gendered limits of change.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814476768
Author : Janet Elise Johnson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319602790
This book argues that the primary political obstacle holding women back in the twenty-first century is a bait and switch promising but simultaneously undercutting gender equality. Through a comparison of Russia and Iceland, the book shows how this revised form of male dominance came about, how it constrains feminisms, and how activists are beginning to fight back. It argues that while feminist movements have made it harder for most countries to maintain formal rules discriminating against women, economic liberalization strengthened male-dominated elites in informal institutions. These elites offer women prominent roles as policymakers and in non-governmental organizations, but then box them in with little room to represent women’s interests. Activists’ attempts to shame countries for ignoring problems such as violence against women result in new laws, but, lacking the necessary funding and enforcement, violence and inequality intensify. Explaining this paradox is the principal focus for social scientists, policymakers, and activists concerned with gender equality, women's social inclusion, and human rights.
Author : Meryl Kenny
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137271945
This book explores the gendered dynamics of institutional innovation, continuity and change in candidate selection and recruitment. Drawing on the insights of feminist institutionalism, it extends the 'supply and demand model' of political recruitment via a micro-level case study of the candidate selection process in post-devolution Scotland.
Author : Sylvia Chant,Carolyn Pedwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9221206084
Reviews ILO research on women, gender and the informal economy. It compares and contrasts analytical and methodological frameworks used in various studies, identifies research gaps and directions for future research, and indicates key findings that may assist concerned ILO units in taking action and formulating policy directions.
Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513575919
The Global Informal Workforce is a fresh look at the informal economy around the world and its impact on the macroeconomy. The book covers interactions between the informal economy, labor and product markets, gender equality, fiscal institutions and outcomes, social protection, and financial inclusion. Informality is a widespread and persistent phenomenon that affects how fast economies can grow, develop, and provide decent economic opportunities for their populations. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to uncover the vulnerabilities of the informal workforce.
Author : Diana Højlund Madsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781913441173
During the course of the past three decades efforts of democratisation and institutional reforms have characterised the African continent, including demands for gender equality and women's political representation. As a result, some countries have introduced affirmative action measures, either in the aftermath of conflicts or as part of broader constitutional reforms, whereas others are falling behind this fast track to women's political representation. Utilising a range of case studies spanning both the success cases and the less successful cases from different regions, this work examines the uneven developments on the continent. By mapping, analysing and comparing women's political representation in different African contexts, this book sheds light on the formal and informal institutions and the interplay between these that are influencing women's political representation and can explain the development on women's political representation across the continent and present perspectives on an 'African feminist institutionalism'.
Author : E. Bjarnegård
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349350370
Parliaments around the world are still overwhelmingly populated by men, yet studies of male dominance are much rarer than are studies of female under-representation. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis. How do men manage to hold on to positions of power despite societal trends in the opposite direction? And why do men seek to cooperate mainly with other men? Elin Bjarnegård studies how male networks are maintained and expanded and seeks to improve our understanding of the rationale underlying male dominance in politics. The findings build on results both from statistical analyses of parliamentary composition worldwide and from extensive field work in Thailand. A new concept, homosocial capital, is coined and developed to help us understand the persistence of male political dominance.
Author : Radha Wagle,Soma Pillay,Wendy Wright
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811525870
This book examines the processes for the inclusion of women, and the role of women employees in Nepal’s forestry bureaucracy. The book adopts a “gender lens” drawn from feminist institutionalism and is framed around the following four objectives: evaluating the effectiveness of current legislative and policy frameworks for the inclusion of women in the Nepalese forest bureaucracy; examining the dynamics of organizational culture, formal and informal institutions, and structure and agency in and around forest bureaucracy in Nepal; assessing power relations in forestry institutions focusing on influential participation of women forestry professionals in the bureaucratic structure; and gaining insights about the alternative space of feminist institutionalism in connection with women inclusive forest bureaucracy. Findings in the book inform and extend feminist institutionalism perspectives by applying it to a context which remains under explored, providing insights on the efficacy of public sector cultural change, especially as it relates to those areas within bureaucracies less in a position to adopt the changes mandated by society and principles of good governance.
Author : Naila Kabeer,Ratna Sudarshan,Kirsty Milward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780324531
Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class, race, ethnicity, caste. As individuals - often isolated in reproductive or other home-based work - their weapons of resistance have tended to be restricted to the traditional weapons of the weak: hidden subversions and individualised struggles. Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy explores the emergence of an alternative repertoire among women working in the growing informal sectors of the global South: the weapons of organization and mobilization. This crucial book offers vibrant accounts of how women working as farm workers, sex workers, domestic workers, waste pickers, fisheries workers and migrant factory workers have organized for collective action. What gives these precarious workers the impetus and courage to take up these steps? What resources do they draw on in order to transcend their structurally disadvantaged position within the economy? And what continues to hamper their efforts to gain social recognition for themselves as women, as workers and as citizens? With first-hand accounts from authors closely involved in emerging organizations, this collection documents how women workers have come together to carve out new identities for themselves, define what matters to them, and develop collective strategies of resistance and struggle.
Author : Mary Njeri Kinyanjui
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780326337
In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning. While women in much of Africa have struggled to gain urban citizenship and continue to be weighed down by poor education, low income and confinement to domestic responsibilities due to patriarchic norms, a new form of urban dynamism - partly informed by the informal economy - is now enabling them to manage poverty, create jobs and link to the circuits of capital and labour. Relying on social ties, reciprocity, sharing and collaboration, women's informal 'solidarity entrepreneurialism' is taking them away from the margins of business activity and catapulting them into the centre. Bringing together key issues of gender, economic informality and urban planning in Africa, Kinyanjui demonstrates that women have become a critical factor in the making of a postcolonial city.
Author : Jean-Marie Baland,François Bourguignon,Jean-Philippe Platteau,Thierry Verdier
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691192017
The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutions The essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic and policy interest in this subject has never been higher. The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions is the first to bring together in one single volume the most cutting-edge work in this area by the best-known international economists. The volume’s editors, themselves leading scholars in the discipline, provide a comprehensive introduction, and the stellar contributors offer up-to-date analysis into institutional change and its interactions with the dynamics of economic development. This book focuses on three critical issues: the definitions of institutions in order to argue for a causal link to development, the complex interplay between formal and informal institutions, and the evolution and coevolution of institutions and their interactions with the political economy of development. Topics examined include the relationship between institutions and growth, educational systems, the role of the media, and the intersection between traditional systems of patronage and political institutions. Each chapter—covering the frontier research in its area and pointing to new areas of research—is the product of extensive workshopping on the part of the contributors. The definitive reference work on this topic, The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions will be essential for academics, researchers, and professionals working in the field.
Author : Diana Højlund Madsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0755637828
Empirically-based analyses of the intricate dynamics of the formal and informal institutions influencing women's political representation in Africa.