Type of Document Dissertation Author Rojas de Lopez, Ines Nayhari Author's Email Address nayhari@gmail.com URN etd-01052009-071806 Title Women and the Democratic State:Agents of Gender Policy Reform in the Context of Regime Transition in Venezuela (1970- 2007) Degree Ph.D. Department Political Science Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Jennifer L. McCoy Committee Chair Keywords
- regime transition
- regime consolidation
- gender policy reform
- women's issues
Date of Defense 2008-12-11 Availability unrestricted Abstract This study examines the process of state gender policy reform. It seeks to explain legalchanges in gender issues in Venezuela across time. The study entails observations of state policy
changes in gender issues during specific periods of the Punto Fijo era (1958-1998) characterized
as those of democratic consolidation and deconsolidation, and during the transition towards a
new type of democracy, the Chávez era (1999-2007). The policies considered are the ones
addressing women’s equality at home and at work, reproductive rights, women’s economic rights
and political participation. The analysis shows that gender policy reform by the state depends on
the degree of opening of the institutions and on the combination of certain configurations of state
institutions and elite interests. In addition, women’s groups’ capacity to influence state gender
policy change depends on their organizational capacity as well as the institutional opportunities
provided by changes in state structures, elite interests, and allies of the movement.
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