Gendering politics and policy recent developments in Europe, Latin America, and the United States

Papers presented at the Seventh International Women's Policy Research Conference held in Washington, D.C. in 2003.

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of women, politics, and policy, volume 27, numbers 1/2 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Heidi Hartmann -- Governability and women's citizenship / Mercedes Barquet, Sandra Osses -- Gender, presidential elections, and public policy : making women's votes matter / Barbara C. Burrell -- Gender and black presidential politics : from Chisholm to Moseley Braun / Paula D. McClain, Niambi M. Carter, Michael C. Brady -- Women's status and social capital in the United States / Amy Caiazza, Robert D. Putnam -- Attacking first-time women candidates for Congress / Tanya Melich -- Making policymakers more gender aware : experiences and reflections from the Women's Budget Group in the United Kingdom / Susan Himmelweit -- How to make the law work? : budgetary implications of domestic violence laws in Latin America, Central America, and the Caribbean / Dinys Luciano, Simel Esim, Nata Duvvury -- Girl power, mainstreaming, and critical mass : women's leadership and policy paradigm shift in Germany's Red-Green Coalition, 1998-2002 / Joyce Mushaben -- The Alliance for Jobs in Germany : the promise and failure of gender mainstreaming / Elisabeth Vogelheim -- Child care as a human right : a new perspective on an old debate / Martha F. Davis -- Women's NGOs at UN conferences : the 1992 Rio Conference on the Environment as a watershed event / Mary P. Haney -- Defending diversity, sustaining consensus : NGOs at the Beijing Women's Conference and beyond / Kristen Timothy.