Women and Legislative Representation : Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Sex Quotas


Manon. Tremblay
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
New York : : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (315 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Majoritarian Systems; Subpart I: Plurality; 1 Uganda: Reserved Seats for Women MPs: Affirmative Action for the National Women's Movement or the National Resistance Movement?; 2 The United Kingdom: The ""Mother of All Parliaments"": Westminster's Male Face; 3 The United States: Feminist Society, Paternalist Politics: How the Electoral System Affects Women's Representation in the United States Congress. - 10 Ireland: STV: A Gender-Proportional System?11 Peru: Success under Open List PR: The Election of Women to Congress; Part III: Mixed-Member Systems; Subpart I: Proportional; 12 Mexico: ¿Más Mujeres? Mexico's Mixed-Member Electoral System; 13 New Zealand: Gendering Parliamentary Representation: A Mixed System Producing Mixed Results; Subpart II: Majoritarian with Partial Compensation; 14 Hungary: The Impact of Party System Change on Female Representation and the Mixed Electoral System; Subpart III: Majoritarian. - 15 Japan: Societal, Electoral, and Party Explanations for the Low Representation of Women in the House of RepresentativesConclusion; Bibliography; Index. - 4 Afghanistan: From Misogynist Theocracy to Gender-Inclusive Democracy?Subpart II: Majority; 5 France: The Single-Member District System: The Hidden Bonus for Notables; 6 Australia: Early Promise Unfulfilled: The Electoral Representation of Women in Australia; Part II: Proportional Representation; Subpart I: Closed Lists; 7 South Africa: Challenging Traditional Thinking on Electoral Systems; 8 Spain: Women in Parliament: The Effectiveness of Quotas; Subpart II: Preferential (Open) List Systems and Single Transferable Vote; 9 Belgium: The Collateral Damage of Electoral System Design. - This book seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. The author seeks to understand the third wave of democratization of political systems, through the particular perspective of female representation in parliaments.
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0230603785. - 9780230603783

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