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Women’s rights foreign policy in the US congress

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Women’s rights foreign policy in the US congress
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policy objectives, congressional motivations, and the role of policy entrepreneurs
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Angevine
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Sara
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Sara Angevine
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Carroll
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Susan J
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Susan J Carroll
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chair
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Sanbonmatsu
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Kira
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Kira Sanbonmatsu
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Ross
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Ross Baker
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Tickner
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J. Ann
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J. Ann Tickner
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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In my dissertation, I analyze how and why US members of Congress represent the interests of women in foreign countries, what I call women’s rights foreign policy (WRFP). I explore what motivates US members of Congress, with limited time and resources, to legislate on behalf of foreign women and compare the differing WRFP objectives. I apply a mixed-method approach from a feminist theoretical perspective. To assess the policy objectives, I conduct a content analysis of all WRFP bills introduced in the US House of Representatives between 1973-2010. To analyze congressional motivation, I construct a second dataset and gather relevant data on all members of Congress (US House) for three different Congresses (2005-10). Using regression analysis, I test which factors increase the probability of a member sponsoring a WRFP bill. To deepen my research findings, I conduct qualitative case studies of the three most widely supported WRFP bills introduced during the 111th Congress (2009-10): 1) a bill supporting the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); 2) International Violence Against Women Act; and 3) International Protecting Girls from Child Marriage Act. In my research, I show the impact of domestic, foreign, and transnational interest groups on the US representation of global women's rights. I find that both traditional women’s rights policy entrepreneurs (women members of Congress) and traditional American foreign policy entrepreneurs (House Foreign Affairs Committee members) are motivated to sponsor WRFP legislation. The objectives of WRFP bills reflect these two divergent groups overlapping and competing policy interests. This unique coalition results in broader support for what I call “strategic feminist” goals and the persistent failure of “transnational feminist” goals. I also show the constraints of domestic gender politics. My research contributes to American politics, international relations, and women and politics research.
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Political Science
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Women's rights--United States
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United States--Foreign relations
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United States--Congress
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1 online resource (xiii, 321 p. : ill.)
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by Sara Angevine
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 2nd, 2015.
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