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Title:

Women, quotas and politics / edited by Drude Dahlerup.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xii, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women in politics.--Cross-cultural studies.
Women--Suffrage--Cross-cultural studies.
Political participation--Cross-cultural studies.
Representative government and representation--Cross-cultural studies.
Elections--Cross-cultural studies.
Democracy.--Cross-cultural studies.

Other Authors:

Dahlerup, Drude.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Drude Dahlerup -- Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi -- The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie -- Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García -- Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna -- The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar -- The Arab Region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab Nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied -- Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires -- South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment : a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty -- Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup -- Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country / Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda -- Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre -- Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland -- Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.

Series:

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 10

ISBN:

9780415375498 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415375495 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60311804

LCCN:

2005012587

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)