A Cobweb of Oppression - A Minor Field Study of Women's Conditions in Present-day Bolivian Politics
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis investigates the obstacles for women's political participation in ethnically diverse present-day Bolivia, taking into account the intersecting identities of class and ethnicity. Postcolonial feminism has been criticising the way feminism treats women as a category encompassing differences within the category, and thereby ignoring significant factors affecting the social positioning of the woman as a social subject. An intersectional approach is used in this study in order to shed light on the obstacles that women face based on their multifaceted identity. Nancy Fraser's remedies for social equality ? recognition and redistribution ? are discussed. Political participation at the civil society and municipal level is studied in... (More)
- This thesis investigates the obstacles for women's political participation in ethnically diverse present-day Bolivia, taking into account the intersecting identities of class and ethnicity. Postcolonial feminism has been criticising the way feminism treats women as a category encompassing differences within the category, and thereby ignoring significant factors affecting the social positioning of the woman as a social subject. An intersectional approach is used in this study in order to shed light on the obstacles that women face based on their multifaceted identity. Nancy Fraser's remedies for social equality ? recognition and redistribution ? are discussed. Political participation at the civil society and municipal level is studied in four municipalities with different characteristics. Interviews are conducted with city council members and organisation members. The obstacles for political participation are shown to depend heavily on class and ethnicity, and the specific obstacles for indigenous women are pointed out. An intersectional analysis is found to be necessary in a diverse society like Bolivia in order to design effective strategies for eradication of gender inequality that will take the political system one step closer to a truly inclusive democracy. (Less)
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- author
- Ericsson, Karin
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Bolivia, gender, ethnicity, class, intersectional analysis, redistribution, recognition, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
- language
- English
- id
- 1323347
- date added to LUP
- 2007-09-05 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2007-09-05 00:00:00
@misc{1323347,
abstract = {{This thesis investigates the obstacles for women's political participation in ethnically diverse present-day Bolivia, taking into account the intersecting identities of class and ethnicity. Postcolonial feminism has been criticising the way feminism treats women as a category encompassing differences within the category, and thereby ignoring significant factors affecting the social positioning of the woman as a social subject. An intersectional approach is used in this study in order to shed light on the obstacles that women face based on their multifaceted identity. Nancy Fraser's remedies for social equality ? recognition and redistribution ? are discussed. Political participation at the civil society and municipal level is studied in four municipalities with different characteristics. Interviews are conducted with city council members and organisation members. The obstacles for political participation are shown to depend heavily on class and ethnicity, and the specific obstacles for indigenous women are pointed out. An intersectional analysis is found to be necessary in a diverse society like Bolivia in order to design effective strategies for eradication of gender inequality that will take the political system one step closer to a truly inclusive democracy.}},
author = {{Ericsson, Karin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A Cobweb of Oppression - A Minor Field Study of Women's Conditions in Present-day Bolivian Politics}},
year = {{2007}},
}