Women, quotas and politics /

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This is the first world-wide, comparative study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women's parliamentary representation across the world. This is important reading for all those working to increa...

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Other Authors: Dahlerup, Drude
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, c2006.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Subjects:
Democracy > Cross-cultural studies.
Elections > Cross-cultural studies.
Political participation > Cross-cultural studies.
Representative government and representation > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Political activity > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Suffrage > Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0512/2005012587.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005012587-d.html
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Drude Dahlerup
  • Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi
  • The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie
  • Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García
  • Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna
  • The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar
  • The Arab Region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab Nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied
  • Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires
  • South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment : a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty
  • Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup
  • Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country / Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda
  • Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre
  • Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland
  • Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.

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