Mikiko Eto

Women and Political Inequality in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Gender Imbalanced Democracy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Eto analyses the various factors which have led to women's low presence in the Japanese legislature. She evaluates ways in which it might be possible for Japan to catch up and in doing so examines the ways in which Japanese society continues to perpetuate gender-rigid expectations of men and women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000283204
• Artikelnr.: 60506180

Autorenporträt

Mikiko Eto is Professor of Political Science at Hosei University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. What Influences the Legislative Representation of Women?
3. Gender Culture in Japanese Socio-Politics 4. A Japanese Gender-Biased
Welfare State 5. Effects of Japan's Electoral System on Women's Candidacy
and Winning 6. Women in Japanese Party Politics 7. State-Initiated Positive
Plans for Women's Representation 8. Conclusion