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Women's Political Participation and Representation in Asia
The ability of a small elite of highly educated, upper-class Asian women to obtain the highest political positions in their country is unmatched elsewhere in the world and deserves study. But there is a marked lack of relevant research as well as of comprehensive and user-friendly texts. Aiming to fill the gap is this timely and important study of the various obstacles and opportunities for women's political participation and representation in Asia.
Women and Politics in Southeast Asia
This book aims to contribute to the discourse on women and politics in Southeast Asia. The chapters, covering Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Singapore, analyse the asymmetrical power relationships between the sexes and how power differentials between men and women play out in the realm of politics are a reflection of the power contestations women face with men in other spheres of everyday life. Each chapter seeks to ask a different question in terms of where women viz. men stand in the political landscape of their countries, in an effort to answer the question of Where are the women in the gender trope in Asian politics. While the chapters are primarily empirical as the...
The Woman President
Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our understanding of the difference women leaders make on the lives of fellow women. The Woman President presents a unique comparative study of women's leadership and the law, offering new ways for understanding the impact of female presidential leadership on women's everyday lives by analysing the legal legacies of four women presidents: Corazon Aquino (1986-1992), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001-2010), Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001-2004), and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (1994-2005). It uses a new and innovative methodology, the Gender Legislative Index, to score laws ...
Dynasties and Female Political Leaders in Asia
This book is the first comprehensive academic effort to examine the phenomenon of top female political leaders in Asia. It portrays prime ministers, presidents, and opposition leaders, but it is not a conventional biographical volume. Rather, it analyzes female politicians by means of case studies that are based on a common theoretical framework. The case studies were conducted over three years of field research, which included interviews with the female leaders themselves and members of their inner circle. Each chapter explores the similarities, but also points to the distinctiveness of each female leader, arising from political and social systems, cultural and religious conditions, and economic parameters. (Series: Political Science Perspectives / Politikwissenschaftliche Perspektiven - Vol. 16)
Women and Politics
Focusing on the distinct identities and diverse lived experiences of women in a wide range of countries and cultures, this book provides a comprehensive overview of women in local, regional, and national politics around the world. Woman and Politics takes on the historical challenges women have and continue to face, and the victories they have achieved, in political cultures and structures around the world. The introduction walks readers through the key issues, pressing concerns, and foremost questions that researchers confront in their studies of women in various political roles across the globe. The remainder of the book, divided into eight chapters, covers such topics as women's suffrage,...
Factors of Success in UN Mission Communication Strategies in Post-conflict Settings
Communication in the broadest sense gains increasing importance in UN peace missions. However, a gap between demand and reality can be observed that points to a multitude of problematic issues. These are taken up by the thesis and it is finally argued: Successful communication strategies need to be aligned to the goals and tasks of the UN mission on all levels in order to be credible; they need to be conflict and context responsive, inclusive and participatory, consider cultural peculiarities and cross vertical as well as horizontal conflict lines. In the tradition of conflict transformative approaches a framework for analysis and evaluation of communication strategies is built and applied to the UN peace missions in Timor-Leste and Nepal. Derived is a dynamic model for the design of communication strategies that covers all relevant fields of action and performances.
The Gender Face of Asian Politics
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Women and Politics, held at Islamabad during 24-25 November 2005.
Menimbang Demokrasi Dua Dekade Reformasi
Tak terasa sudah dua puluh tahun era reformasi bergulir yang ditandai mundurnya Presiden Soeharto pada 21 Mei 1998. Banyak yang sudah dicapai, tetapi sulit dibantah, tidak sedikit kegagalan dalam mewujudkan Indonesia yang lebih mandiri, bermartabat, adil, dan sejahtera. Korupsi yang marak, menguatnya politik identitas dan politisasi SARA, lemahnya penegakan hukum dan HAM, merosotnya komitmen ber-Pancasila, dan absennya visi kebangsaan para elite politik, saling berkelindan di tengah kebanggaan semu sebagai negara demokrasi terbesar ketiga di dunia sesudah India dan Amerika Serikat. Alih-alih menikmati demokrasi substansial yang terkonsolidasi, bangsa kita justru masih terperangkap praktik demokrasi elektoral dan elitis yang bersifat prosedural. Buku ini menimbang pencapaian reformasi di Indonesia pasca-Orde Baru. Ada empat kelompok tema yang ditimbang oleh para penulis yang seluruhnya merupakan peneliti pada Pusat Penelitian Politik LIPI, yakni: (1) pencapaian reformasi menuju sistem demokrasi; (2) reformasi sistem perwakilan, pemilu, dan kepartaian; (3) reformasi sektor keamanan; dan (4) reformasi hubungan pusat-daerah, desentralisasi dan politik lokal.
Indonesian Women and Local Politics
In a important social change, female Muslim political leaders in Java have enjoyed considerable success in direct local elections following the fall of Suharto in Indonesia. Indonesian women and Local Politics shows that Islam, gender and social networks have been decisive in their political victories. Islamic ideas concerning female leadership provide a strong religious foundation for their political campaigns. However, their approach to women's issues shows that female leaders do not necessarily adopt a woman's perspectives when formulating policies. This new trend of Muslim women in politics will continue to shape the growth and direction of democratization in local politics in post-Suharto Indonesia and will color future discourse on gender, politics and Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia.
