Jane S Jaquette

Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe Jane S Jaquette

Commendation Quotes:"Women and Democracy considers how women responded to the opportunities presented by democratic transition in quite different social and political contexts. By considering the various ways that women have understood and responded to their options, this book helps us understand the highly contextualized ways in which 'what women want' is mediated. The book will appeal to scholars in political science, sociology, and women's studies, and also to policymakers, non-profit practitioners, and feminists." -- Margaret Keck, The Johns Hopkins UniversityReview Quotes: "Provides several intriguing comparisons between two regions undergoing democratic change. Policymakers and scholars of democratic transitions and gender studies will find much of interest in the work." -- Amy Patterson, Perspectives on Political ScienceCommendation Quotes: "Women and Democracy" considers how women responded to the opportunities presented by democratic transition in quite different social and political contexts. By considering the various ways that women have understood and responded to their options, this book helps us understand the highly contextualized ways in which 'what women want' is mediated. The book will appeal to scholars in political science, sociology, and women's studies, and also to policymakers, non-profit practitioners, and feminists. Review Quotes:"Provides several intriguing comparisons between two regions undergoing democratic change. Policymakers and scholars of democratic transitions and gender studies will find much of interest in the work." -- Amy Patterson, Perspectives on Political ScienceMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Commendation Quotes: Women and Democracy considers how women responded to the opportunities presented by democratic transition in quite different social and political contexts. By considering the various ways that women have understood and responded to their options, this book helps us understand the highly contextualized ways in which 'what women want' is mediated. The book will appeal to scholars in political science, sociology, and women's studies, and also to policymakers, non-profit practitioners, and feminists. Review Quotes: Provides several intriguing comparisons between two regions undergoing democratic change. Policymakers and scholars of democratic transitions and gender studies will find much of interest in the work.--Amy Patterson "Perspectives on Political Science "Biographical Note: Jane S. Jaquette is professor in the Department of Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College. Sharon L. Wolchik is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at George Washington University. Publisher Marketing: "Women and Democracy" offers a unique look at the political experiences of women in two regions of the world--Latin America and Eastern and Central Europe--which have moved from authoritarian to democratic regimes. At first glance, the roles and attitudes of these women appear to be similar. This book makes the case that the differences are notable. In Latin America, the women are much more politicized and well-organized in their efforts to obtain rights, recognition, and equity. In contrast, the women of former communist societies in Eastern and Central Europe, as if disenchanted by their years under an ideology that promoted equality for women, prefer instead to seek more traditional women's roles and avoid the public arena. Examining the various political attitudes and efforts of women as they learn to participate in the political process, the contributors offer important new insights into democratic consolidation in general--and point to the need for greater attention to the role of women in political processes. Contributors: Maruja Barrig, Teresa P. R. Caldeira, Maria del Carmen Feijoo, Jane S. Jaquette, Dobrinka Kostova, Philippe C. Schmitter, Renata Siemienska, Julia Szalai, Maria Elena Valenzuela, and Sharon L. Wolchik

Contributor Bio:  Jaquette, Jane S Jane S. Jaquette is Bertha Harton Orr Professor in the Liberal Arts and Professor of Politics at Occidental College. Gale Summerfield is Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program and Associate Professor in Human and Community Development at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Contributor Bio:  Wolchik, Sharon L Sharon L. Wolchik is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. She has served as Director of the Russian and East European Studies Program and the mid-career Masters in International Policy and Practice Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs and is a member of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. She has served on the board of the American Association for Slavic Studies, the Advisory Committee of the Cold War International History Project of the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution, the Association of Women in Slavic Studies and Friends of Slovakia and as Chair of the Board of the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. She is also Adjunct Chair of the Advanced Area Studies Seminar of the Foreign Service Institute of the U. S. Department of State and a member of the Advisory Council of the Academic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. She has done research on a variety of aspects of politics in communist and postcommunist Europe, including gender issues, ethnic relations, mass-elite relations, citizens' political values and attitudes, and transitions to democracy. She is the author of Czechoslovakia in Transition: Politics, Societies, and Economics and is the co-editor of Domestic and Foreign Policies in Eastern Europe in the 1980s; Women, State, and Party in Eastern Europe; Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe; Women in Power in Post-communist Parliaments; The Social Legacies of Communism and Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. She has also authored numerous articles in the Slavic Review, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, Women and Politics, Current History, Problems of Post-Communism, Studies in Comparative Communism, the Journal of Communist and Post-Communist Studies, the Japanese Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Women's History and Ea