Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bacheletâ#x80 ; #x99 ; s Chile

This book is the result of sustained collaborative work, and as such, there are a number of people and institutions that deserve thanks. Early versions of the chapters in this volume were first delivered as part of a workshop on "Gender, Politics, and Institutional Change in Bachelet's Chile" held at the University of Manchester in April 2014. We would like to thank all the participants at the workshop and particularly Marcela Rios for her presentation, and the panel discussants-Sarah Childs, Karen Beckwith, and Maxine Molyneux-for their insightful contributions and comments on the individual papers. Overall, the volume comes out of the ongoing program of research that forms part of the European Research Council Advanced Grant (grant no 295576-UIC) on "Understanding Institutional Change: A Gender Perspective" led by Georgina Waylen (for more details see www.manchester.ac.uk/uic ). We would like to thank the European Research Council for funding the workshop as well as funding some of the research that is contained in this edited collection. Thanks are also due to Carmen Lord and to Carmen Sepúlveda-Zelaya for her speedy translation of Maria de los Ángeles Fernandez Ramil's "Postscript." And finally, I would like to thank Lisa Jenkins for all her work both in the organization of the Manchester workshop, and in the preparation of the final manuscript for publication so smoothly and efficiently. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-12 Gendering Politics, Institutions, and the Executive: Bachelet in Context....Pages 13-38 Bachelet Is Back: Reform Prospects and the Future of Democracy in Chile....Pages 39-66 Disrupting Informal Institutions? Cabinet Formation in Chile in 2006 and 2014....Pages 67-94 Promoting Gender Equality: Michelle Bachelet and Formal and Informal Institutional Change within the Chilean Presidency....Pages 95-120 Opportunities and Constraints on Gender-Egalitarian Policy Change: Michelle Bachelet’s Social Protection Agenda (2006–2010)....Pages 121-146 Institutional Constraints to Engendering the Health Sector in Bachelet’s Chile....Pages 147-169 Formal and Informal Institutional Challenges to Women’s Reproductive Rights: Emergency Contraception and the Constitutional Tribunal in Chile....Pages 171-196 Comparing Michelle Bachelet’s Two Presidencies: Continuity or Change?....Pages 197-223 Postscript....Pages 225-233 Back Matter....Pages 235-244 "Michelle Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected in 2006 with an explicit gender agenda, promising to appoint new faces (including women) to her government and implement some positive gender change. After a period as the first head of UN Women, she was subsequently reelected for a second term in 2013 with a decisive majority. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts in both her first and second administrations to introduce progressive measures in Chile and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters highlight both the successes of Bachelet's governments and also the key battles that Bachelet faced, for example with regard to reproductive rights, electoral reform, and social protection"-- Provided by publisher "Michelle Bachelet, Chile's first female president (2006-10) was elected with an explicit gender agenda. She was reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change"-- Provided by publisher Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change.