Gender Politics and Federalism in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.46468/rsaap.15.2.A4Keywords:
Mexico, Federalism, Gender violence, Women’s policy agencies, Gender quotas, LGTB+ Rights, AbortionAbstract
This paper seeks to explain how federal institutions influence gender policies in Mexico by examining why some policy areas converge with similar laws across subnational units, while others do not. A comparison of five strategic gender equality policies finds that gender violence law, women’s policy agencies, and gender quotas eventually demonstrated relative homogeneity across subnational units; whereas marriage equality and abortion exhibited substantial heterogeneity. Formal institutional power, informal or defacto power, the salience of the issue, international pressure, and public consensus influence how the policymaking process unfolds across a federal system.
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