Feminist Advocacy and Activism in State Institutions Investigating the Representation of Women's Issues and Concerns in the Jamaican Legislature

This book analyzes the effect of gender on policy-making in the Jamaican Parliament, specifically regarding women-friendly policies. So-called "women-friendly policies" are categorized as those laws which seek to promote and protect women's rights and equality and have some element ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Coore-Hall, Jacqueline A. (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2020.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43241712*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Presence, and Representation, of Minority Interests: A Framework for Gendering the Policy Agenda in the Jamaican Legislature
  • Chapter 3. Bringing Women's Issues to the Legislative Agenda: Gender, Bill Sponsorship and Participation
  • Chapter 4. Feminist Advocacy and Activism in the Jamaican Parliament: Does Gender Matter
  • Chapter 5. The Story Has Been Told, What Next?