Drude Dahlerup (ed.)

Women, Quotas and Politics

Herausgeber: Dahlerup, Drude

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although highly controversial, electoral gender quotas have been introduced in more than fifty countries around the world to improve women's representation in national parliaments and political parties. "Women, Quotas and Politics" offers the first global comparative analysis of the new trend to introduce gender quotas in public elections in order to achieve gender balance in political institutions. This book presents cutting-edge research about the discursive controversies and actual implementation processes in countries with quota provisions. Providing a quantitative and qualitative assessment of these quotas in a variety of political systems, from developing nations and new democracies to established democracies, the contributors evaluate how they have been implemented; where these quotas have succeeded and failed; and how they can contribute to the political empowerment of women. Making an important contribution to our knowledge about gender politics worldwide, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, policy-making, comparative politics and gender studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780415375498
• ISBN-10: 0415375495
• Artikelnr.: 21058825

Autorenporträt

Drude Dahlerup

Inhaltsangabe

Part I 1. Introduction 2. Arguing for and against quotas: theoretical
issues Part II: Regional Chapters 3. The Nordic Countries: An incremental
model 4. Latin America: The experience and the impact of quotas in Latin
America 5. Sub-Saharan Africa: On the Fast Track to Women's Political
Representation 6. The Balkans: From total rejection to gradual acceptance
of gender quotas 7. The Arab Region: Women's Access to the Decision-Making
Process Across the Arab Nation 8. Western Europe, North America, Australia
and New Zealand: Gender Quotas in the Context of Citizenship Models 9.
South Asia: Gender Quotas and the Politics of Empowerment : A comparative
study Part III: Short Case Studies 10. Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict
States: East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq 11. Indonesia: The struggle for
gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country 12. Affirmative action
at the IPU Part IV: Concluding Chapters 13. Electoral Quotas: Frequency and
Effectiveness 14. Conclusion