A Two-Way Street: Federalism and Women's Politics in Canada and the United States

• Autores: Jill Vickers
• Localización: Publius: the journal of federalism, ISSN 0048-5950, Vol. 40, Nº. 3, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Canadian and U.S. Federalism), págs. 412-435
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Contributing to the gender and federalism debate, this article explores how characteristics and historical legacies of the Canadian and U.S. federations shape women’s activism. Following discussion of three positions gender scholars and activists hold regarding federalism, their shared view that federalism is gendered is explored. Reversing the causal arrow to compare how organized women circumvent or change obstructive federal arrangements, the text uses abortion rights campaigning to illustrate. It shows that the weaker pan-Canadian women’s movement succeeded in effecting constitutional and judicial change because of a favorable division of powers and preoccupation with Quebec. But a negative historical legacy and division of powers, counter-movements and partisan polarization limited the stronger U.S. movement to circumvention strategies.