Autor/es
Descripción
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Colaborador
Tula, María Inés
Barnes, Tiffany
Materias
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1983-2015
Idioma
spa
Extent
115 p.
Derechos
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Formato
application/pdf
Identificador
https://repositorio.sociales.uba.ar/items/show/4139
Cobertura
ARG
1983-2015
Abstract
The aim of this investigation is to furthering the understanding of women's political participation in the competition for executive positions in elections in seven provinces in Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Entre Ríos, Río Negro, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego) between 1983 and 2015, with particular focus on 1) explaining the favorable and unfavorable settings for women's access to executive positions in the Argentine provinces for the period 1983-2015; 2) determining the historical development in the constitution of the ballots for executive positions between 1983 and 2015, paying special attention to whether the participation of women has increased or not; 3) analyzing if the achievements of the affirmative measures in the national and sub-national legislative spheres expanded to the sub-national executive candidatures; and 4) characterizing the party leaderships that promoted women as candidates for governors.
This research attempts to answer the following questions: how have political parties behaved in terms of promoting women's participation in provincial executive elections since the first sub-national elections held immediately after Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983)? Which factors influence the assembly of executive ballots and which are the conditions that favour it? Did the affirmative measures that promoted women's participation in provincial executive elections result in any progress in their participation in executive elections? In other words, did the measures implemented to advance gender equality mean an advance in terms of political pluralism in the province?
All the ballots presented in each province in the elections held between those years were compiled, and twenty-one thorough interviews were conducted to finally analyse the candidates’ selection processes, party leaderships and conditions of access for women to candidatures on the basis of provincial regulations, constitutions and laws.
The main findings are focused on determining a clear favourable context for women to be candidates, especially for governors, which includes the combination of strong party leadership, a closed candidates’ selection process and the proximity of women to the leader, even more in the case of women who are relatives of the leaders. In addition, the re-election clause is analysed as a double-edged sword that benefits women who have reached the governorship but is detrimental for women when the governor is a man. Finally, the conclusion is that the laws that implied affirmative measures (quota and parity) have not been transferred to the executive arena by the political parties.
This research attempts to answer the following questions: how have political parties behaved in terms of promoting women's participation in provincial executive elections since the first sub-national elections held immediately after Argentina's last military dictatorship (1976-1983)? Which factors influence the assembly of executive ballots and which are the conditions that favour it? Did the affirmative measures that promoted women's participation in provincial executive elections result in any progress in their participation in executive elections? In other words, did the measures implemented to advance gender equality mean an advance in terms of political pluralism in the province?
All the ballots presented in each province in the elections held between those years were compiled, and twenty-one thorough interviews were conducted to finally analyse the candidates’ selection processes, party leaderships and conditions of access for women to candidatures on the basis of provincial regulations, constitutions and laws.
The main findings are focused on determining a clear favourable context for women to be candidates, especially for governors, which includes the combination of strong party leadership, a closed candidates’ selection process and the proximity of women to the leader, even more in the case of women who are relatives of the leaders. In addition, the re-election clause is analysed as a double-edged sword that benefits women who have reached the governorship but is detrimental for women when the governor is a man. Finally, the conclusion is that the laws that implied affirmative measures (quota and parity) have not been transferred to the executive arena by the political parties.
Título obtenido
Magister de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Gobierno
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales