Political Participation of Women in Latin America

Aviel, JoAnn Fagot; 范毅芬,

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“…However, the effects of employment might be less transformative for women in Latin America, where women are less likely to be in the workforce and their work experiences are less likely to be politicizing. 20 The types of employment available to Latin American women lead us to expect workforce participation to have a lesser effect on women's than men's political involvement in these countries.…”

Section: Employment Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Women often played a significant role in protests against authoritarian regimes in these countries. 39 Under authoritarian regimes, women may have been more able than men to engage in protest activities because predominant gender-role attitudes result in women's protest activities being seen as less political, and therefore less in need of repression. 40 Women also may be disadvantaged by a return to democracy and mass party politics.…”

Section: Democratic Governance and Political Freedommentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation

Desposato¹,

Norrander²

2009

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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While a substantial literature explores gender differences in participation in the United States, Commonwealth countries and Western Europe, little attention has been given to gender’s impact on participation in the developing world. These countries have diverse experiences with gender politics: some have been leaders in suffrage reforms and equal rights, while, in others, divorce has only recently been legalized. This article examines the relationship between gender and participation in seventeen Latin American countries. Many core results from research in the developed world hold in Latin America as well. Surprisingly, however, there is no evidence that economic development provides an impetus for more equal levels of participation. Instead, the most important contextual factors are civil liberties and women’s presence among the visible political elite.

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Section: Employment Statusmentioning

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Section: Democratic Governance and Political Freedommentioning

confidence: 99%

The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation

Desposato¹,

Norrander²

2009

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

139

120

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“…If women are socialized to believe that politics is a male domain in which they should play a limited role, active participation may generate large psychic costs. Empirical evidence does show that adult gender roles do affect political participation, both in the United States and elsewhere (Anderson 1975;Aviel 1981).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Latin America, the nature of the political regime is the most important in explaining female political participation: military regimes include fewer females (Aviel 1981).…”

Section: Theories Of Differential Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Female Political Participation and Health in India

Gleason¹

2001

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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This article uses a unique data set to investigate the determinants of political participation in India. In particular, the data from the 1981 census of India are coupled with electoral returns from 1979-80 to examine the factors influencing participation of both genders. Differential impact is explored empirically. Many of the same influences found to be important in developed countries are relevant in India, including income, education, and constituency culture. In addition, labor force participation and familial obligations have an effect, though in the opposite direction from that predicted in the United States. A lack of government-provided resources devoted to health and education also influences participation. A second investigation uses the same census data with 1977-78 election returns to estimate government response to female political participation in India. Regarding the causes of child mortality, no effect of female participation on health outcomes was found. This may result from the aggregation necessary to match census districts and voting constituencies.

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“…Verba, Nie and Kim in studying the political participation of seven nations, found that in each nation the political involvement of individuals with higher occupational status was greater than the political involvement of those with lower 62 occupational status. In addition other studies involving women exclusively show similar results; in nations such as the USA, Britain, Netherlands, Italy, and Latin America those women with higher occupational status are more politically involved (Verba, Nie and Kim, 1978;Baxter and Lansing, 1983;Randall, 1981;Ferrari-Occhionero, 1978;Aviel, 1981).…”

Section: The Influence Of Occupationmentioning

confidence: 68%

Political involvement of greek women: a statistical analysis of socio-demographic, ecological and attitudinal relationships

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Political Participation of Women in Latin America

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The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation

The Gender Gap in Latin America: Contextual and Individual Influences on Gender and Political Participation

Female Political Participation and Health in India

Political involvement of greek women: a statistical analysis of socio-demographic, ecological and attitudinal relationships

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