Gender, informal institutions and political recruitment : explaining male dominance in parliamentary representation /

Parliaments around the world are still overwhelmingly populated by men, yet studies of male dominance are much rarer than are studies of female under-representation. In this book, men in politics are the subjects of a gendered analysis. How do men manage to hold on to positions of power despite soci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bjarnegård, Elin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Colección:Gender and politics (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Temas:
Representative government and representation > Case studies.
Legislative bodies > Case studies.
Legislators > Case studies.
Men > Political activity > Case studies.
Men > Psychology > Case studies.
Gouvernement représentatif > Études de cas.
Hommes > Activité politique > Études de cas.
Hommes > Psychologie > Études de cas.
Politics & government.
Gender studies: men.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Men's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Politics and Government.
Legislative bodies
Legislators
Men > Political activity
Men > Psychology
Representative government and representation
Politics & government > United States of America, USA.
Gender studies: men & boys > United States of America, USA.
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Upholding Male Parliamentary Dominance
  • Revisiting Patterns Of Gendered Representation
  • Structure Of The Book
  • Studying Men And Masculinities In Politics
  • Constructing Homosocial Capital
  • Clientelism And Unpredictability
  • Clientelism As A Likely Producer Of Homosocial Capital
  • Clientelism And Male Dominance
  • Institutional Enablers Of Clientelism
  • Combining Methods
  • The Quantitative Approach
  • The Qualitative Approach
  • The Representation Of Men Worldwide
  • Capturing Clientelism : Measuring The Immeasurable?
  • The Models, Data And Operationalizations
  • Clientelism And Male Parliamentary Dominance
  • Results And Implications Of The Quantitative Study
  • Situating The Thai Case
  • The Thai Gender Paradox
  • Democratic Instability In Thailand
  • Informal Influence
  • Assessing The Clientelist Political Logic
  • The Thai Case: Clientelism And Male Dominance
  • Candidate Selection In Thai Political Parties
  • The Importance Of Candidate Selection
  • The Rules Of The Game
  • Who Decides?
  • Summarizing Thai Candidate Selection
  • Clientelist Networks And Homosocial Capital
  • The Role And Function Of Clientelist Networks
  • Network Maintenance And Homosocial Capital
  • Theorizing Homosocial Capital
  • The Gendered Consequences Of Clientelist Competition
  • The Added Value Of Homosocial Capital
  • Concluding Remarks
  • A Summary Of The Findings
  • The Contributions Of The Book.

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