An examination of the role of women in contemporary Mexican politics, using original quantitative research, interviews and literature review. The author compiled a database of 283 female politicians and bureaucrats who have held office in the Mexican government since women first attained the rights of citizenship, voting and standing for office in 1953. Characteristics such as age, geographic and socioeconomic origins, level and place of education, national and local political experience, office-holding in unions, women's organizations and political parties, and repeat office-holding were examined. This information was examined against similar statistics for male politicians from a prior, comparable database. Comparisons were drawn against previous studies of female politicians in Mexico and other countries when possible. Finally, the increasing domination of Mexican politics by a technocratic ideology is examined in the context of the opportunities or obstacles it may present for female politicians / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_27279 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Accettola, Jennifer Rae (Author) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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