Empowered by Design

Empowered by Design
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Publisher : Temple University Press
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781439913970
ISBN-13 : 1439913978
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Book Synopsis Empowered by Design by : Margaret Eileen Rincker

Download or read book Empowered by Design written by Margaret Eileen Rincker and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using three case studies, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Pakistan, Rincker shows how decentralization reforms lead to women's empowerment create new institutional offices as power shifts from the national level to a meso-tier level, which is located between the national government and local municipalities. She indicates that three conditions, "the gender policy trifecta," need to be met to achieve this: legislative gender quotas, women's policy agencies, and gender-responsive budgeting.


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