I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here! academic.oup.com/book/58626 #Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky - ThreadSky

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social • 91 days ago

I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here!

https://academic.oup.com/book/58626

#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky

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ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

It deals with resistance to gender equality policy. One of the most popular electoral reforms in recent decades has been electoral gender quotas, which aim to increase the share of women in parliament. 🥳 While over 100 countries have adopted such quotas, they often fail to empower women... 😔

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

I argue that lack of gender equitable institutional change and failure of gender equality policy, including quota failures, many times is the result of male political elites’ successful resistance ➡️ so do not blame women change agents!!

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

Tracing the process of a 30-year-long power struggle to adopt a gender quota law in Uruguay 🇺🇾, I show how the male political elite adapt their resistance strategies over time as quota proponents manage to push the proposal through the policy process.

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

Resistance does not diminish; it mainly takes on new forms as open opposition to the reform and women’s political inclusion become attached to blame. 🤦

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

For those wishing to explore resistance to gender equitable policies elsewhere, the book offers an analytical framework/ guide of how to study the changing nature of resistance across a policy process. 🧐🤓🕵️‍♀️

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

A million thanks to @parzetterberg.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @merylkenny.bsky.social @jennpiscopo.bsky.social @malahtun.bsky.social @fiin.bsky.social @mlkrook.bsky.social @labaldez.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social

mevaldini.bsky.social•91 days ago

Congratulations!!! I can't wait to read this- such an important and interesting topic!

norocel.bsky.social•91 days ago

Stort grattis 🥳 !

ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social•91 days ago

Tack!

robinlturnerphd.bsky.social•91 days ago

📌

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