Rethinking women and politics
Subtitle: New Zealand and comparative perspectives
By: edited by Kate McMillan, John Leslie, and Elizabeth McLeay
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Wellington [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780864736109
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Political activity; Feminism; Women
Notes: Papers originally presented to 'Rethinking Women and Politics in New Zealand' workshop 25-26 May 2007 in Wellington.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Elizabeth McLeay; title: Women, Politics, and Protest: Rethinking Women's Liberation Activism in New Zealand / Sandra Grey; title: Feminist Agendas and Action in 21st Century New Zealand: Violence against Women / Prue Hyman; title: Rethinking Political Connections: Women, Friendship, and Politics in New Zealand / Heather Devere and Jennifer Curtin; title: Labour Mum and National Dad? The Gender Gap in General Election Voting Patterns / Anne Else; title: What Makes Them Tick? Some Young Women Voters' Motivations and Attitudes in Aotearoa New Zealand / Nicola Wilson-Kelly and Bronwyn Hayward; title: Women and Local Government: Change and Challenges in the 21st Century / Jean Drage; title: Women Ministers and the Substantive Representation of Women in New Zealand / Jennifer Curtin; title: Getting Impatient: Achieving Parity of Women's Parliamentary Representation in New Zealand - Lessons from the United Kingdom's Experiences with Gender Quotas / Ana Gilling; title: Gate Crashers and Engraved Invitations: Women's Activists in the SPD and CDU from the 1960s to the 1990s / John Leslie and Sarah Elise Wiliarty; title: Gender Equality and the Politics of Work-Life Balance ill n New Zealand / Tania Domett; title: Women and the Politics of University Careers / Jenny Neale; title: Newsflash: 'Men and Women Still Unequal!' New Zealand and the Global Media Monitoring Project 2005 / Kate McMillan.