Contagious Representation : Women's Political Representation in Democracies around the World /

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"Women's participation in parliaments, high courts, and executive offices worldwide has reached record high numbers, but this global increase in women's representation masks significant variation among different democratic political systems. For example, in December of 2009, Rwanda�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thames, Frank (Autor), Williams, Margaret S. (Margaret Susan) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Repräsentation > Politik
Weibliche Abgeordnete
Politikerin
Demokratie
Women > Political activity.
Women in public life.
Representative government and representation.
Democratization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Democratisation.
Gouvernement representatif.
Femmes dans la vie publique.
Femmes > Activite politique.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Women's Political Participation and the Influence of Contagion; 2 Understanding Women's Legislative Representation; 3 Women and the Executive; 4 Gender and Cross-National Courts; 5 Contagion and the Adoption of Voluntary Party Quotas; 6 Contagion and the Adoption of National Quotas; 7 Conclusion: Why Contagion Matters; Appendix 1: Cases in Legislative Analysis; Appendix 2: Cases in Executive Analysis; Appendix 3: Female Executives by Country; Appendix 4: Cases in Courts Analysis; Appendix 5: Parties with Quotas.
  • Appendix 6: Cases in Voluntary Party Quota AnalysisAppendix 7: National Quotas; Appendix 8: Cases in National Quota Analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z; About the Authors.

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