Women's rights in democratizing states just debate and gender justice in the public sphere

This study offers an explanation for why advances in women's rights rarely occur in democratizing states. Drawing on deliberative theory, Denise Walsh argues that the leading institutions in the public sphere are highly gendered, meaning women's ability to shape the content of public debat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Denise M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Democratization and just debate
  • Just debate in the public sphere
  • Probing and testing just debate
  • Just debate denied : socialist and post-socialist Poland
  • Just debate diverges : regime breakdown in Chile and South Africa
  • Just debate prevails : the liberal moment in South Africa
  • Just debate declines : consolidation in South Africa
  • Pursuing just debate