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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101783487518

ISBN-139781783487516

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Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameNegotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean : Feminist Strategies, Masculinist Resistance and Transformational Possibilities

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Women in Politics, Gender Studies, Civil Rights, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Women's Studies, Political Ideologies / Democracy

TypeTextbook

AuthorJane Parpart

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight12.8 Oz

Item Length90.1 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-040138

ReviewsBy relying heavily on regional insights, theoretical formulations and the experience of direct feminist state engagement of gender experts such as Barriteau, Patricia Mohammed, Linnette Vassal and Rawwida Baksh among others, the book signals a coming of age of indigenous Caribbean ideas in feminist and gender scholarship to matters that pertain to gender mainstreaming and gender policy in the Region., [T]he book makes a significant contribution to the analyses of the histories of women's and feminist organizing. It is also a timely reminder of masculinism's enduring grip on power., Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean is a trenchant record of policy gains, political milestones and patriarchal challenges in women's struggle for transformational leadership in the Caribbean for over three decades. Excavating state and civil engagements, this book discloses lessons for global dialogues while providing a manifesto for continued Caribbean power broking in gender equity., This carefully researched and edited book is one of the first to look at feminist mobilization strategies around political representation and women's rights policy reform in the Anglophone Caribbean. It effectively also brings to the fore issues of masculinist resistance and the problem of women's political inclusion on masculinist terms. This fascinating volume contributes significantly to understandings of global patterns of women's political advancement. It will be of great interest to scholars, students, policy makers, and activists concerned with women's status in the region and around the world., Twenty years after the Fourth World Conference on Women presents an opportune occasion to ask, "Wither gender?" Negotiating Gender, in substance, poses this question and answers with empirical precision and political intentionality. The text is an evidence based engagement with some of the key categories of gender equity - e.g. transformational leadership, gender policies, and electoral quota systems. Regional in scope, each chapter inhabits a feminist tenacity that insists on the pursuit of gender just change. The book's contributors present a clear understanding of the complexities of change, as well as a sustained belief in the region's capacity to change.

Grade FromCollege Senior

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Rethinking Gendered Negotiations in Caribbean Policy and Politics, Gabrielle Hosein and Jane Parpart / Part I: Women's Political Leadership: Possibilities and Limits for Women / 1. Crossing over the Barriers: A Historical Journey of Women's Political Leadership in the Anglophone Caribbean, Gabrielle Hosein /2. Women's Political Leadership in Trinidad and Tobago, Understandings, Experiences and Negotiations, Aleah N. Ranjitsingh/ Part II: National Gender Policies: Negotiating Masculinities in Gender Mainstreaming / 3. Historicizing National Gender Policies in the English Speaking Caribbean, Deborah McFee / 4. Masculinities and the Practice of Dominica's National Gender Policy, Ramona Biholar / 5. The Patriarchal State and the Development of Gender Policy in Jamaica, Maziki Thame and Dhanaraj Thakur/ Part III: Gender Quotas: Parliamentary Provisions without Power? / 6. Getting to One-Third? Creating Legislative Access for Women to Political Space in Guyana, Natalie Persadie / 7. Advancing Gender Justice? The Opportunities, Resistances, and Limitations of Guyana's Quota System, Iman Khan / Part IV: Transformational Leadership: Feminist Pedagogies, Neo-liberal Empowerment / 8. Feminist/Womanist Advocacy Toward Transformational Leadership in the Anglophone Caribbean: The Interplay of Individual and Collective Agency, Shirley Campbell / 9. Enactments, Contestations, and Possibilities of Women's Transformational Leadership in the Anglophone Caribbean, Denise Blackstock /Afterword

SynopsisHave efforts to advance women's and men's commitments to democratic governance, women's rights and gender equality been successful in the Caribbean? Do they reflect local as well as international concerns and visions of gender equality? This edited collection answers these questions by focusing on women's political leadership, electoral quota systems, national gender policies and transformational leadership as four feminist strategies that aim to engender democracy and citizenship. It offers a rich historical, comparative and ethnographic perspective on the lived experience of these strategies through case studies of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominica, Jamaica and St. Lucia. Drawing on national policy debates, election campaigns, state officials' solidarities, men's gender consciousness and women leaders' life histories across these five Caribbean countries, the collection assesses the successes of transnational feminist efforts, the resilience of masculinist resistances, the limits of gender mainstreaming and the possibilities for gender justice in and beyond the Caribbean today., Drawing on rich empirical research, this book examines the evolution and success of feminist strategies to promote democratic governance, women's rights and gender equality in the Caribbean., Have efforts to advance women s and men s commitments to democratic governance, women s rights and gender equality been successful in the Caribbean? Do they reflect local as well as international concerns and visions of gender equality? This edited collection answers these questions by focusing on women s political leadership, electoral quota systems, national gender policies and transformational leadership as four feminist strategies that aim to engender democracy and citizenship. It offers a rich historical, comparative and ethnographic perspective on the lived experience of these strategies through case studies of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Dominica, Jamaica and St. Lucia. Drawing on national policy debates, election campaigns, state officials solidarities, men s gender consciousness and women leaders life histories across these five Caribbean countries, the collection assesses the successes of transnational feminist efforts, the resilience of masculinist resistances, the limits of gender mainstreaming and the possibilities for gender justice in and beyond the Caribbean today."

LC Classification NumberHQ1501.N44 2016