Women, quotas and politics
By: edited by Drude Dahlerup.
Contributors: Dahlerup, Drude.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Routledge research in comparative politics ;; 10
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: 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
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Drude Dahlerup; title: Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi; title: The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie; title: Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García; title: Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna; title: The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar; title: The Arab Region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab Nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied; title: Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires; title: South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment : a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty; title: Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup; title: Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country / Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda; title: Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre; title: Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland; title: Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.