Selecting women, electing women
Subtitle: political representation and candidate selection in Latin America
By: Magda Hinojosa
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781439908471; 9781439908488; 9781439908495
Subjects: Women political candidates; Women and democracy; Political activity; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Electing women: female political representation in Latin America; title: Why selection matters: explaining women's representation in politics; title: How selection matters: a theoretical framework; title: The paradox of primaries: inclusive-decentralized selection; title: Inclusive-centralized and exclusive-decentralized selection; title: "Less democratic, but more effective": exclusive-centralized selection; title: Selecting candidates closer to home: widows, wives, and daughters; title: Altering candidate selection: the adoption and implementation of gender quotas; title: Candidate selection and women's representation in Latin American politics; title: Appendix one: Latin American women's representation by party; title: Appendix two: interviews.