Why Aren't They There?
Subtitle: The Political Representation of Women, Ethnic Groups, and Issue Positions in Legislatures
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780955820397
Subjects: Representative government and representation; Women, political activity; Minorities, legal status, laws, etc.; Women, legal status, laws, etc.
Description: Why Aren't They There? comparatively analyzes the representation of women over time and presents a critical view of the effectiveness of quotas. Incorporating new research on ethnic groups in legislatures, the text takes a significant step forward in the study of political representation and systematically examines issue positions in eight policy domains. It examines aspects that are not broached in studies focusing solely on a single form of representation. The result is a comprehensive understanding of political representation that leads to significant, policy-relevant insights on electoral engineering.