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04069aam a2200433 i 4500 001 269A7082E5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 180830s2019 hiu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018041488 020 $a 0824872592 020 $a 9780824872595 035 $a (OCoLC)1052904613 040 $a HU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d DLC $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a po----- 050 00 $a HQ1236.5.O3 $b B35 2019 082 00 $a 324.6082/0995 $2 23 100 1 $a Baker, Kerryn $e author. 245 10 $a Pacific women in politics : $b gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands / $c Kerryn Baker. 264 1 $a Honolulu : $b University of HawaiÊ»i Press, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 198 pages ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Topics in the contemporary Pacific series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-194) and index. 505 0 $a Women, politics, and representation in the Pacific islands -- The "10 percent law" debate in Samoa -- Gender quota campaigns in Papua New Guinea, 2007-2012 -- The reserved seats debate in the autonomous region of Bougainville -- Parity laws in the French Pacific territories -- Interpreting gender quota campaigns in the Pacific islands. 520 $a "Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in politics is the use of gender quotas, or measures designed to ensure a minimum level of womenâs representation. In those cases where quotas have been effective, they have managed to change the face of power in previously male-dominated political spheres. How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender quota campaigns? To answer the question, Kerryn Baker explores the workings of four campaigns in the region. In Samoa, the campaign culminated in a âsafety netâ quota to guarantee a minimum level of representation, set at five female members of Parliament. In Papua New Guinea, between 2007 and 2012 there were successive campaigns for nominated and reserved seats in parliament, without success, although the constitution was amended in 2011 to allow for the possibility of reserved seats for women. In post-conflict Bougainville, women campaigned for reserved seats during the constitution-making process and eventually won three reserved seats in the House of Representatives, as well as one reserved ministerial position. Finally, in the French Pacific territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna, Baker finds that there were campaigns both for and against the implementation of the so-called âparity laws.â Baker argues that the meanings of success in quota campaigns, and related notions of gender and representation, are interpreted by actors through drawing on different traditions, and renegotiating and redefining them according to their goals, pressures, and dilemmas. Broadening the definition of success thus is a key to an understanding of realities of quota campaigns. Pacific Women in Politics is a pathbreaking work that offers an original contribution to gender relations within the Pacific and to contemporary Pacific politics."--Publisher's description. 650 0 $a Women and democracy $z Oceania. 650 0 $a Women $x Political activity $z Oceania. 650 0 $a Women in public life $z Oceania. 650 0 $a Sex discrimination $x Political aspects $z Oceania. 650 7 $a Women and democracy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177085 650 7 $a Women in public life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177955 650 7 $a Women $x Political activity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01734136 651 7 $a Oceania. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242982 830 0 $a Topics in the contemporary Pacific 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191003011545.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=269A7082E5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search