Mothers in Public and Political Life

by Simone Bohn

Overview

Even though in most nations women are at least almost half of the population, in very few countries do they occupy a similar space in the formal institutions of political power. They are said to lack a key element for a successful career in public life: time. From this perspective, no one is worse off than women who are mothers. From another perspective, however, motherhood is thought to help politicize women, as this life-changing experience makes them aware of the limitations of some specific public policies (such as child-care, parental leave, gendered labor practices etc.) as well as more conscious of the centrality of more encompassing public policies, such as education, health care, and social assistance. This book explores the challenges, obstacles, opportunities and experiences of mothers who take part in political and/or public life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781772581140
Publisher:	Demeter Press
Publication date:	08/01/2017
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	311
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Simone Bohn is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University, where she coordinates the Brazil Chair and the Brazilian Studies. Dr. Bohn's research focuses on political parties in South America, gender and politics in Brazil, and the study of political tolerance and attitudes towards corruption in Latin America. She is currently working on a SSHRC-funded research project entitled "Evaluating strategic political partnerships: The case of the women's movement and the state in contemporary Brazil". Her articles have been published in scholarly journals, such as Politics and Government, Latin American Research Review, International Political Science Review, Journal of Latin American Politics, and Comparative Governance and Politics. Pinar Melis Yelsali Parmaksiz is an Associate Professor at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences. Yelsali Parmaksiz received her PhD in Turkish Studies from Leiden University in 2009 with the thesis titled Modernization and Gender Regimes in Turkey. Her main area of interests are gender and modernization in Turkey, feminist methodology and memory studies. She published many articles on related subjects in journals and collected volumes. She also published the collected volume titled Neye Yarar Hatiralar? Türkiye'de Bellek ve Siyaset Çalismalari [What Is the Use of Memories? Studies of Memory and Politics in Turkey] in 2013.