Gender and Corruption: Historical Roots and New Avenues for Research - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3319709283 ISBN 13: 9783319709284

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Riassunto

The link between gender and corruption has been studied since the late 1990s. Debates have been heated and scholars accused of bringing forward stereotypical beliefs about women as the “fair” sex. Policy proposals for bringing more women to office have been criticized for promoting unrealistic quick-fix solutions to deeply rooted problems. This edited volume advances the knowledge surrounding the link between gender and corruption by including studies where the historical roots of corruption are linked to gender and by contextualizing the exploration of relationships, for example by distinguishing between democracies versus authoritarian states and between the electoral arena versus the administrative branch of government—the bureaucracy. Taken together, the chapters display nuances and fine-grained understandings. The book highlights that gender equality processes, rather than the exclusionary categories of “women” and “men”, should be at the forefront of analysis, and that developments strengthening the position of women vis-à-vis men affect the quality of government.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Helena Stensöta is Associate Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lena Wängnerud is Professor at the Quality of Government Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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The link between gender and corruption has been studied since the late 1990s. Debates have been heated and scholars accused of bringing forward stereotypical beliefs about women as the fair sex. Policy proposals for bringing more women to office have been criticized for promoting unrealistic quick-fix solutions to deeply rooted problems. This edited volume advances the knowledge surrounding the link between gender and corruption by including studies where the historical roots of corruption are linked to gender and by contextualizing the exploration of relationships, for example by distinguishing between democracies versus authoritarian states and between the electoral arena versus the administrative branch of government the bureaucracy. Taken together, the chapters display nuances and fine-grained understandings. The book highlights that gender equality processes, rather than the exclusionary categories of women and men , should be at the forefront of analysis, and that developments strengthening the position of women vis-à-vis men affect the quality of government.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3319709283
• ISBN 13: 9783319709284
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 301
• Redattore: Stensta Helena, Wngnerud Lena
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