Mona Lena Krook

Quotas for Women in Politics

Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In recent years, parties and legislatures in more than 100 countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office. This book addresses quotas as a global phenomenon and develops a framework for explaining their adoption and mixed effects on the numbers of women elected.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780195375671
• ISBN-10: 019537567X
• Artikelnr.: 26366115

Autorenporträt

Mona Lena Krook is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women and Gender studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction to Gender Quotas
2: The Adoption of Gender Quotas
3: The Implementation of Gender Quotas
4: Reserved Seats in Pakistan and India
5: Party Quotas in Sweden and the United Kingdom
6: Legislative Quotas in Argentina and France
7: Conclusions and Directions for Future Research
Appendix
Notes
References
Index