Cecilia Josefsson

Defending the Status Quo (eBook, PDF)

On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Defending the Status Quo explores political elites' resistance against electoral gender quota reforms, a widespread reform aimed at improving women's political representation. The book introduces The Resistance Stage Framework, a theoretical model rooted in feminist institutionalism, which outlines how politicians try to block or slow down gender-equitable change throughout the policy process. Through a detailed analysis of Uruguay's 30-year struggle to adopt and implement electoral gender quotas, the book reveals the adaptive nature of resistance among powerful status quo defenders. Drawing on interviews and legislative debates, the book shows how resistance strategies vary over the policy process and across political parties in response to changing institutional and ideational constraints.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197788608
• Artikelnr.: 72259459

Autorenporträt

Cecilia Josefsson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research focuses on political institutions and representation from a gender perspective. She received her PhD from the Department of Government at Uppsala University in 2020. Her dissertation "Adaptive Resistance: Power Struggles over Gender Quotas in Uruguay" was awarded the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize in Gender and Politics in 2023. Currently, she is researching gendered working conditions and leadership in parliament, resistance to gender-equitable institutional change, and political representation in times of crisis.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Resistance to Gender Equitable Policy Change
3. Agenda Setting: Silence and Inaction
4. Policy Formulation: Arguing Against Quotas
5. Decision-Making: Jumping on the Bandwagon and Modifying Policy
6. Implementation: Minimizing Damage and Keeping Women Out
7. The Permanent Quota and Variations in Resistance Across Parties
8. Conclusion