TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rai, Shirin M
AB  - Democratization has become an important concept in the last ten years. With the end of the Cold War, the spread of globalization, and the extension of economic regulatory regimes, democratization has come to be seen as important to securing long-term political stability. Much has been written about democratization and gender in works on human rights, citizenship, women's movements and challenges to authoritarian regimes. This book, published in association with the United Nations, builds on this existing body of literature by looking at the relevance of national machineries for the advancement of women. Appropriate mechanisms through which the mainstreaming of gender can take place are considered, and the levels of governance involved - the relationship between gender mainstreaming and state structures, and the effect of this relationship on issues of decentralization, accountability, consultation and participation. It defines what the 'interests of women' are, and how and by what processes these interests are represented to the state policy making structures. Global strategies for the advancement of women, and how far these have penetrated at national level are considered. This is illuminated by a series of case studies - gender equality in Sweden and other Nordic countries, the Ugandan ministry of Gender, Culture and Social services, gender awareness in Central and Eastern Europe, and further examples from South Korea, the Lebanon, Beijing and Australia. This book will be of vital use to students of democratization, gender studies and politics, and is the first full-length appraisal of global strategies and national machineries for the advancement of women.
DO  - 10.7765/9781526137494
ID  - OAPEN ID: 341353
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 808382397
KW  - globalization
KW  - democratization
KW  - politics
KW  - sweden
KW  - uganda
KW  - Accountability
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Gender equality
KW  - Gender mainstreaming
KW  - Women's rights
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/2956f86f-5393-4795-9635-ebe11ed59693/341353.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/35038
PB  - Manchester University Press
PY  - 2003
SN  - 9781526137494
TI  - Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the statenull
ER  - 
