Inclusion without representation in Latin America : gender quotas and ethnic reservations /
Mala Htun
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016
- xx, 226 páginas ; 23 cm
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.