Women, quotas and politics /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. |
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| Description: | xii, 312 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Routledge research in comparative politics ; 10 |
| Subject: | Women in politics -- Cross-cultural studies. Women suffrage -- Cross-cultural studies. Political participation -- Cross-cultural studies. Representative government and representation -- Cross-cultural studies. Elections -- Cross-cultural studies. Democracy -- Cross-cultural studies. Democracy. Elections. Political participation. Representative government and representation. Women -- Political activity. Women -- Suffrage. Cross-cultural studies. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5862122 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Drude Dahlerup
- 2. Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi
- 3. The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie
- 4. Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araujo and Ana Isabel Garcia
- 5. Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna
- 6. The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Miliga G. Antic and Sonja Lokar
- 7. The Arab region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid
- 8. Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires
- 9. South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment - a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty
- 10. Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup
- 11. Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim society / Cecilia Bylesjo and Francisia S. S. E. Seda
- 12. Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre
- 13. Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland
- 14. Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.