dc.contributor.advisor |
Noakes, Stephen |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Curtin, Jennifer |
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dc.contributor.author |
Francisco, Gay Marie Manalo |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-11-15T22:55:56Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-11-15T22:55:56Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/57447 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Political dynasties are families or clans with members holding the same elected position in
succession or occupying different elected positions simultaneously. While studies suggest that
dynasties in Western democracies are declining, they remain resilient in several countries. The
literature indicates that political dynasties help increase the number of women in government
positions but that dynastic women politicians often act as proxies of their male relatives to evade
term limit statutes. Their participation in electoral politics helps to perpetuate elite political clans.
This study considers the political dynasty as an informal institution with its own set of rules and
practices which I refer to as the political dynasty system. In this thesis, I argue that the political
dynasty system is a gendered informal institution. How it relates to other formal and informal
institutions has consequences for women’s representation. Furthermore, how actors interact with
each other in advocating their ideas and opposing others within these institutions shapes the
Substantive Representation of Women (SRW). Drawing on the feminist institutionalism approach
and the concept of critical actors, I explore the gendered dimensions of dynastic politics and their
implications for the SRW. I do this through a study of the Magna Carta of Women (MCW),
considered to be the Philippine women’s human rights law designed to advance the goals of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
The study’s findings demonstrate that the political dynasty system influences the relationships of
critical actors and how they act for women. There is a need for them to navigate the system’s
gendered rules and practices to advance their policy agenda. Women’s organisations are the
MCW’s key drivers, but their linkages with the women’s policy agency and supportive legislators
facilitated the bill’s enactment. Hence, a political environment conducive for civil society to
participate in the policymaking process is essential for the SRW. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. |
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dc.rights |
Restricted Item. Thesis embargoed until 10/2022. Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Dynamics of Substantive Representation: Dynastic Relations and the Making of the Philippine Women’s Rights Law |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Politics and International Relations |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.date.updated |
2021-10-15T01:38:46Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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