Women's access to political power in post-communist Europe
By: edited by Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery
Contributors: Matland, Richard E; Montgomery, Kathleen A
Series: Gender and politics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Women in politics -- Europe, Eastern; Women in politics -- Europe, Central; Women -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions; Women -- Europe, Central -- Social conditions; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-362) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Kathleen a. Montgomery; title: recruiting women in national legislatures: a general framework with applications to post-Communist democracies / Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery; title: Popular support for electing women in Eastern Europe / Clyde Wilcox, Beth Stark, and Sue Thomas; title: Women's representation in Germany: a comparison of East and West / Joanne Bay Brzinski; title: Women in Lithuanian politics: from nomenklatura selection to representation / Algis Krupaviéius and Irmina Matonytė; title: Weak mobilization, hidden majoritarianism, and resurgence of the right: a recipe for female under-representation in Hungary / Kathleen A. Montgomery and Gabriella Ilonszki; title: Women and political representation in contemporary Ukraine / Sarah Birch; title: Electoral systems and women's representation: the strange case of Russia / Robert G. Moser; title: Women in Russian regional assemblies: losing ground / Dawn Nowacki; title: Establishing a machocracy: women and elections in Macedonia, 1990-8 / Karolina Ristova; title: Women in the Polish Sejm: political culture and party politics versus electoral rules / Renata Siemieńska; title: Czech political parties prefer male candidates to female votes / Steven Saxonberg; title: Factors influencing women's presence in Slovene Parliament / Milica G. Antić; title: Croatia's leap towards political equality: rules and players / Josip Glaurdic; title: Women's legislative representation post-Communist Bulgaria / Tatiana Kostadinova; title: Women's representation in post-Communist Europe / Richard E. Matland