(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States

ABSTRACT This study examines women's policy agencies (WPAs) in Mexico at the sub-national level using four structural variables that the literature has identified as critical: location within the government, mandates, administrative capabilities and leadership. I provide a descriptive inference...

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Autor principal: Ríos Cázares,Alejandra
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2017
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20170003006852018-02-13(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican StatesRíos Cázares,Alejandra Mexico women policy agency advancement of women ABSTRACT This study examines women's policy agencies (WPAs) in Mexico at the sub-national level using four structural variables that the literature has identified as critical: location within the government, mandates, administrative capabilities and leadership. I provide a descriptive inference based on original budget data, human resources and sub-national legislation (2007 to 2014). The data confirm that cross-sectoral mandates may be difficult to fulfill in weak bureaucracies, which supports the proposal that a better strategy might be to build institutions that have a focused mandate. Finally, the Mexican case supports the notion that creating a WPA with a broad mandate and high administrative status that is underfunded may be a low-cost act of legitimacy for governments.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.37 n.3 20172017-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2017000300685en10.4067/S0718-090X2017000300685
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advancement of women
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women policy agency
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Ríos Cázares,Alejandra
(Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
description ABSTRACT This study examines women's policy agencies (WPAs) in Mexico at the sub-national level using four structural variables that the literature has identified as critical: location within the government, mandates, administrative capabilities and leadership. I provide a descriptive inference based on original budget data, human resources and sub-national legislation (2007 to 2014). The data confirm that cross-sectoral mandates may be difficult to fulfill in weak bureaucracies, which supports the proposal that a better strategy might be to build institutions that have a focused mandate. Finally, the Mexican case supports the notion that creating a WPA with a broad mandate and high administrative status that is underfunded may be a low-cost act of legitimacy for governments.
author Ríos Cázares,Alejandra
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title (Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
title_short (Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
title_full (Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
title_fullStr (Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
title_full_unstemmed (Weak) Institutions for the Advancement of Women: The Case of Women's Policy Agencies in Mexican States
title_sort (weak) institutions for the advancement of women: the case of women's policy agencies in mexican states
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
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