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
Political inclusion in Colombia
Brazil : combatting exclusion through quotas in higher education
After quotas : women's presence and legislative behavior in Argentina

This book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples. It shows how the configuration of political institutions set the terms and processes of inclusion, arguing that the new mechanisms have delivered inclusion but not representation.