Gender And The Politics Of Needs: Broadening the Scope of Welfare State Provision in Costa Rica
研究哥斯达黎加女性组织如何通过将家庭暴力纳入国家卫生辩论，成功填补医疗项目中的性别缺口，并影响政策制定者对健康需求的界定。
This study examines the ways in which gendered definitions of social provision in Costa Rica have created gaps in national health care programs that women's organizations are currently (and successfully) addressing. More specifically, I highlight how women's organizations are key actors in the politics of needs interpretation, wherein definitions of health needs are contested by policy makers, doctors, and women themselves. I argue that women's health organizations have begun to broaden and politicize health needs by including domestic violence in national debates. Using interviews and organizational histories of six grassroots health organizations, I find that these groups have been successful, in large part, because they framed their concerns in ways that were convincing to politicians and national health care bureaucrats.