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Explaining Domestic Violence Policy Outcomes in Chile and Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susan Franceschet
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Abstract

This article explains why Chile has outperformed Argentina in policy responses to the problem of domestic violence. It argues that policy variation is due to both macro-level institutional features (state capacity and centralization) and to more contingent political factors that shape the structure, role, and resources of the women's policy agencies that coordinate and implement domestic violence policies. The initial design of Chile's National Women's Service has allowed it to act as a crucial “insider” ally to advocacy groups. In contrast, Argentina's National Women's Council has suffered repeated downgrading and loss of resources due to ideological conflicts and changes in government, rendering it unable to coordinate policy responses to domestic violence effectively or to act as an ally to advocates inside and outside the state seeking increased resources and more effective policy responses to violence against women.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , Autumn 2010 , pp. 1 - 29
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Copyright © University of Miami 2010

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