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Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national
parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this
book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in
Asia. As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in
its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women
parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more
important than simple descriptive representation, however, is
whether outcomes for women are improving. Rather than focusing on
numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the
substantive representation of women. In other words, what do women
and men parliamentarians do to advance women's well-being and
gender equality? Using semi-structured interviews, the author of
each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific
Asian country. The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka,
Taiwan, and Timor-Leste. The book is an essential resource for
scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender.
Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with national
parliamentarians from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this
book analyze and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in
Asia. As of the year 2022, no country in Asia has gender parity in
its parliament. Meanwhile, the proportion of national-level women
parliamentarians in Asia averages a mere 20%. What is more
important than simple descriptive representation, however, is
whether outcomes for women are improving. Rather than focusing on
numerical representation, the chapters in this book focus on the
substantive representation of women. In other words, what do women
and men parliamentarians do to advance women's well-being and
gender equality? Using semi-structured interviews, the author of
each chapter examines these efforts in the context of a specific
Asian country. The case studies include Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka,
Taiwan, and Timor-Leste. The book is an essential resource for
scholars and students of Asian politics and the politics of gender.
"Strengthening Governance Globally" is the fifth volume in a series
entitled "Patterns of Potential Human Progress" that explores
prospects for human development and the improvement of the global
human condition. Each volume considers one key aspect of how
development appears to be unfolding globally, how we would like it
to evolve, and how better to move it in desired directions. This
large format, full color volume identifies the provision of
security, the building of government capacity, and the broadening
and deepening of inclusion as three dimensions of governance on
which high-income countries have traditionally made long, halting,
and somewhat sequential historical transitions. In contrast, many
developing countries today struggle with all three governance
transition dimensions simultaneously and in a relative rush to
broadly defined development. The volume maps and uses the growing
empirical database on governance variables for understanding
historical change on these dimensions and in recent decades.
Strengthening Governance Globally is the fifth volume in a series
entitled Patterns of Potential Human Progress that explores
prospects for human development and the improvement of the global
human condition. Each volume considers one key aspect of how
development appears to be unfolding globally, how we would like it
to evolve, and how better to move it in desired directions. This
volume identifies the provision of security, the building of
government capacity, and the broadening and deepening of inclusion
as three dimensions of governance on which high-income countries
have traditionally made long, halting, and somewhat sequential
historical transitions. In contrast, many developing countries
today struggle with all three governance transition dimensions
simultaneously and in a relative rush to broadly defined
development. The volume maps and uses the growing empirical
database on governance variables for understanding historical
change on these dimensions and in recent decades.
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