Representing women in parliament : a comparative study /
Sawer, Marian.
Tremblay, Manon.
Trimble, Linda J.(Linda Jean),1959-
London ; New York : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-272) and index.
Introduction : patterns and practice in the parliamentary representation of women / Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay and Linda Trimble -- Women's electoral representation in Australia / Ian McAllister -- Women's representation in the Canadian House of Commons / Lisa Young -- climbing on : rules, values and women's representation in the New Zealand parliament / Elizabeth McLeay -- Women and Westminster : descriptive representation in the United Kingdom / Donley T. Studlar -- When women support xomen : EMILY's List and the substantive representation of women in Australia / Marian Sawer -- When do women count? : substantive representation of women in Canadian legislatures / Linda Trimble -- The 'new world'? : the substantive representation of women in New Zealand / Sandra Grey -- The house turned upside down? : the difference Labour's women MPs made / Sarah Childs -- Descriptive and substantive representation in new parliamentary spaces : the case of Scotland / Fiona Mackay -- women and constitutional reform : gender parity in the National Assembly for Wales / Paul Chaney -- women in Northern Ireland's politics : feminising an 'armed patriarchy' / Yvonne Galligan -- Paradise lost? : gender parity and the Nunavut experience / Manon Tremblay and Jackie F. Steele -- Conclusion : gendering political representation in the old and new worlds of Westminster / Jennifer Curtin.
Women in politics.
Women legislators.
Representative government and representation.
Legislative bodies.
Comparative government.