Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-172) and index.
Contents:
Political representation: a framework -- The representation of women -- The representation of ethnic groups -- The representation of issue positions -- The relationship between different forms of representation -- Political representation between institutions and cultural attitudes.
Summary:
Why Aren't They There? comparatively analyzes the representation of women over time and presents a critical view of the effectiveness of quotas. Incorporating new research on ethnic groups in legislatures, the text takes a significant step forward in the study of political representation and systematically examines issue positions in eight policy domains. It examines aspects that are not broached in studies focusing solely on a single form of representation. The result is a comprehensive understanding of political representation that leads to significant, policy-relevant insights on electoral engineering.
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