Multiple scripts, multiple institutions

Introducing complexity into the understanding of women’s empowerment

Bibliographic Data

ID6429237
AuthorsNir Rotem (0000-0001-6889-2832, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, corresponding author), Elizabeth Heger Boyle (University of Minnesota)
Year2024
Volume66
Issue1
Pages70-91
Publication date2024-05-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7152 • E-ISSN: 1568-5187
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00207152241244540
PMID40842444
OpenAlexW4396736321
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited62

Partial enactment of women’s rights is at the crux of this analysis, which identifies factors associated with the adoption of some global women’s rights scripts but not others. Women who partially enact global principles are an important group, and focusing on them provides clues into when, where, and how institutionalized scripts are in competition. To explore this issue, Demographic and Health Survey data from 25 low- and middle-income countries across two time periods are used, with a focus on two dimensions of women’s empowerment: a woman’s household decision-making power and her attitudes toward intimate partner violence. Multinomial regressions reveal that exposure to global culture is associated with dual enactment of the two dimensions. Among partial adopters, enactment privileging physical integrity is mediated through local community institutions, including religions, whereas partial-enactment privileging decision making is associated with women’s household bargaining power

Empowerment · Political science · Scripting language · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Politics and Representation · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Social Psychology

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