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Author:

Htun, Mala, 1969- author.

Title:

Inclusion without representation in Latin America : gender quotas and ethnic reservations / Mala Htun (University of New Mexico).

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xx, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Political participation--Social aspects--Latin America.
Women--Political activity--Latin America.
Minorities--Political activity--Latin America.
Democracy--Social aspects--Latin America.
Representative government and representation--Latin America.
Political culture--Latin America.
Latin America--Politics and government--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-213) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : politics of inclusion in Latin America -- Women, Afrodescendants, and Indigenous peoples in elected office -- Gender quotas : why and how? -- Indigenous reservations and gender parity in Bolivia -- The rise and fall of political inclusion in Colombia -- Brazil : combatting exclusion through quotas in higher education -- After quotas : women's presence and legislative behavior in Argentina.

Series:

Cambridge studies in gender and politics

ISBN:

0521690838
9780521690836
0521870569
9780521870566

OCLC:

(OCoLC)941459201

LCCN:

2015029268

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)