Author:
Desposato Scott,Norrander Barbara
Abstract
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.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Sociology and Political Science
Cited by
132 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献