‘National Machineries’ and Authoritarian Politics

Adams, Melinda

doi:10.1080/14616740701259846

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“…This general picture of WPAs in Mexico and the situation of Mexican women supports the notion that creating a WPA that has a broad mandate and high administrative status, but is underfunded, is a low-cost act of legitimacy for state governments (Adams 2007). There are two initial consequences of this situation.…”

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(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States

Cázares

2017

Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)

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This study examines women's policy agencies (WPAs) in Mexico at the sub-national level using four structural variables that the literature has identified as critical: location within the government, mandates, administrative capabilities and leadership. I provide a descriptive inference based on original budget data, human resources and sub-national legislation (2007 to 2014). The data confirm that cross-sectoral mandates may be difficult to fulfill in weak bureaucracies, which supports the proposal that a better strategy might be to build institutions that have a focused mandate. Finally, the Mexican case supports the notion that creating a WPA with a broad mandate and high administrative status that is underfunded may be a low-cost act of legitimacy for governments.

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(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States

Cázares

2017

Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)

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“…By invoking the language of a raced-gendered regime, IFjP authors have demonstrated how practices of inequality become embedded in institutions and structures in ways that enable systems of racial, ethnic, gender and sexual advantage and disadvantage to operate independently of the will of particular agents (Fierke 1999). Investigating racialization, gendering and heteronormativity in concrete circumstances, IFjP contributors have provided dramatic illustrations of how forms of privilege are converted into rules, routines, practices, policies, institutions and structures that serve and promote certain interests, creating political opportunity structures that are neither race nor gender neutral (Kronsell 2005;Adams 2007). …”

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Institutionalizing Insurgency

Hawkesworth

2009

International Feminist Journal of Politics

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“…This goal may help sustain international attention and enhance political will at the national level in states with a high prevalence of child marriage. According to UNICEF's 2015 report A Profile of Child Marriage in Africa, the prevalence of child marriage has been slowly declining in Africa, but remains higher than the global average [3]. The fastest progress in reducing child marriage in Africa has been in the northern part of the continent.…”

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Socio-Culture Impact of Child Marriage in Red Sea State

Bilal¹

2018

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The research aims to highlight cultural values and norms that are impeding practices related to child marriage in Red Sea State. The paper focuses on the concept and analytical approach to assess child marriage as one form of the various forms of marital relations. The paper analyzed the interaction relationship between early marriage practices in certain RSS localities with local community perceptions and traditional beliefs. The methodology to achieve the objectives were based on descriptive analytic approaches based on interviews, case studies and questionnaires for households in three localities namely, Sinkat, Haya and Toker. Research for early marriage are linked to the desire of relatives to preserve wealth, purity and fear of shame which girls may be subjected to with delayed marriage. It is seen as simple, non costly marriage which goes hand in hand with other values of rural areas. The impact of early marriage on social and cultural fabric was not clearly understood by locality inhabitant as 60% of the society reflected positively on the advantages of the phenomena. Fifty nine percent of the questionnaire recipient advocate that suitable marriage age is 12-18 years. The after-effects of early marriage on health and death during pregnancy are thought to decrease with education and nutrition. Evidence from localities reflect that women empowerment is low and as a consequence, social development factors are also affecting cultural fabric.

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‘National Machineries’ and Authoritarian Politics

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States

(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States

Institutionalizing Insurgency

Socio-Culture Impact of Child Marriage in Red Sea State

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