This report, the second in the series of reports on regional experiences with quota implementation, examines quotas used in Latin America, with case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru.
Contributors: Clara Araújo, Christina Alnevall, Julie Ballington, Jimena Costa Benavides, Violeta Bermúdez, Drude Dahlerup, Ana Isabel García Quesada, Maria José Lubertino, Myriam Méndez-Montalvo, Jacqueline Peschard, Gregory D. Schmidt, Rocío Villanueva Flores and Ana María Yáñez.
Table of Contents
About the Project and the Report
1. Quota Systems: An Overview
2. Introducing Quotas in Latin America: Discourse and Legal Reforms
3. Quotas in Practice: The Challenge of Implementation and Enforcement
4. Democracy and Electoral Systems
5. Conclusions: Lessons Learned from the Latin American Experience with Quotas
