Women, quotas and politics

By:

Dahlerup Drude

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New Delhi Routedge 2006Description: 312p xivISBN:

9780415429689

Subject(s):

1. Women - Political Activity - Cross-Cultural Studies2. Women - Suffrage 3. Political Participation - Representative Government - Elections

DDC classification:

320.082000 DAH

Contents:

Table of contents Part I. Introductory chapters; 1. Introduction Drude Dahlerup; 2. Arguing for and against quotas: theoretical issues Carol Bacchi; Part II. Regional chapters; 3. The Nordic Countries: An incremental model; Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie; 4. Latin America: The experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America Clara Araujo and Ana Isabel Garcia; 5. Sub-Saharan Africa: On the Fast Track to Women's Political Representation Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna; 6. The Balkans: From total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar; 7. The Arab Region: Women's Access to the Decision-Making Process Across the Arab Nation Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied; 8. Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand: Gender Quotas in the Context of Citizenship Models Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires; 9. South Asia: Gender Quotas and the Politics of Empowerment : A comparative study Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty; Part III. Short case studies; 10. Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict States: East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup; 11. Indonesia: The struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country Cecilia Bylesjoe and Francisia SSE Seda; 12. Affirmative action at the IPU Kareen Jabre; Part IV. Concluding chapters; 13. Electoral Quotas: Frequency and Effectiveness Richard E. Matland; 14. Conclusion Drude Dahlerup

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Table of contents
Part I. Introductory chapters;
1. Introduction Drude Dahlerup;
2. Arguing for and against quotas: theoretical issues Carol Bacchi;
Part II. Regional chapters;
3. The Nordic Countries: An incremental model;
Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie;
4. Latin America: The experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America Clara Araujo and Ana Isabel Garcia;
5. Sub-Saharan Africa: On the Fast Track to Women's Political Representation Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna;
6. The Balkans: From total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar;
7. The Arab Region: Women's Access to the Decision-Making Process Across the Arab Nation
Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied;
8. Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand: Gender Quotas in the Context of Citizenship Models Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires;
9. South Asia: Gender Quotas and the Politics of Empowerment : A comparative study Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty;
Part III. Short case studies;
10. Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict States: East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup;
11. Indonesia: The struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country Cecilia Bylesjoe and Francisia SSE Seda;
12. Affirmative action at the IPU Kareen Jabre;
Part IV. Concluding chapters;
13. Electoral Quotas: Frequency and Effectiveness Richard E. Matland;
14. Conclusion Drude Dahlerup

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