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Gender and the Political Opportunities of Democratization in South Korea

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  • © 2006

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  1. Nicola Anne Jones
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Modeling the Gendered Political Opportunity Structures of Democratization

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 1-24

  3. Setting the Stage: Historical Constraints and Democratization Dynamics

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 25-43

  4. The Korean Women’s Movement: From Minjung Feminism to Gender Mainstreaming

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 45-66

  5. Competing “Gender Coalitions”: Progressive Allies, Fragmented Opponents, and Contradictory State Interests

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 67-93

  6. The Political Institutional Matrix—Identifying Access and Veto Opportunities

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 95-122

  7. Policy Change: Differing Logics of Political Contestation

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 123-160

  8. State Transformation: Creating a Women’s Policy Machinery Infrastructure

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 161-179

  9. Women’s Political Representation: Accounting for Gradualism

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 181-213

  10. Conclusions: Assessing Cultural Change and Theoretical Lessons

    • Nicola Anne Jones
    Pages 215-241

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 243-297
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This book explores how political opportunities afforded by democratization, including the relative balance of power between conservative and progressive civic actors, shape power relations between men and women in post-authoritarian Korea. Jones reveals that organized women can make a difference - depending on their strategic choices and alliances, and the manner in which they negotiate evolving political institutions. Moreover, democratic consolidation need not be led by political parties, but can provide surprising opportunities for an organized civil society to press for a deepening of political and human rights.

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"Nicola Jones wields a rich and compelling case study of South Korea to develop a dynamic model for studies of gender and democratization worldwide. Combining innovative methodology with astute analytical insight, Gender and the Political Opportunities of Democratization brilliantly illuminates the complex interplay, over time, of structure and agency, state and civil society, women's organizations and conservative cultural forces, gender policy and everyday practices." - Nancy A. Hewitt, Director, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University

"Theoretically rigorous, empirically rich, and full of insightful policy prescriptions, this book definitely elevates the literature on Korean democratization to a higher plane. It is an indispensable book for practitioners and scholars of democratization, social movements, and gender politics in Korea and beyond." - Sunhyuk Kim, Korea University

About the author

NICOLA ANNE JONES is the International Co-odinator of the research study Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty.

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