Gender and the Political Opportunities of Democratization in South Korea

NICOLA ANNE JONES is the International Co-odinator of the research study Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty.

• Modelling the Gendered Political Opportunity Structures of Democratization Setting the Stage: Historical Constraints and Democratization Dynamics The Korean Women's Movement: From Minjung Feminism to Gender Mainstreaming Competing 'Gender Coalitions': Progressive Allies, Fragmented Opponents and Contradictory State Interests The Political Institutional Matrix Identifying Access and Veto Opportunities Policy Change: Differing Logics of Political Contestation State Transformation: Creating a Women's Policy Machinery Infrastructure Women's Political Representation: Accounting for Gradualism Conclusions: Assessing Cultural Change and Theoretical Lessons

"Nicola Jones wields a rich and compelling case study of South Korea to develop a dynamic model for studies of gender and democratization worldwide. Combining innovative methodology with astute analytical insight, Gender and the Political Opportunities of Democratization brilliantly illuminates the complex interplay, over time, of structure and agency, state and civil society, women's organizations and conservative cultural forces, gender policy and everyday practices." - Nancy A. Hewitt, Director, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University "Theoretically rigorous, empirically rich, and full of insightful policy prescriptions, this book definitely elevates the literature on Korean democratization to a higher plane. It is an indispensable book for practitioners and scholars of democratization, social movements, and gender politics in Korea and beyond." - Sunhyuk Kim, Korea University