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Selecting Women, Electing Women : Political Representation and Candidate Selection in Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hinojosa, Magda, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Electing women: female political representation in Latin America
  • Why selection matters: explaining women's representation in politics
  • How selection matters: a theoretical framework
  • The paradox of primaries: inclusive-decentralized selection
  • Inclusive-centralized and exclusive-decentralized selection
  • "Less democratic, but more effective": exclusive-centralized selection
  • Selecting candidates closer to home: widows, wives, and daughters
  • Altering candidate selection: the adoption and implementation of gender quotas
  • Candidate selection and women's representation in Latin American politics
  • Appendix one: Latin American women's representation by party
  • Appendix two: interviews.