Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kittilson, Miki Caul (-)
Format:	eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press 2006.
Series:	Parliaments and legislatures series.
Subjects:	Political parties > European Union countries. Women legislators > European Union countries. Women > Political activity > European Union countries. Electronic books.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649813606719

Table of Contents:

Women, parties, and political power
Opportunity structures: the key to womens access
Change from the inside out: women in party leadership
Rule changes to increase womens parliamentary presence: the diffusion of candidate gender quotas
Britain: women, parties, and the House of Commons
Germany: women, parties, and the Bundestag
Finland: women, parties, and the Eduskunta
Increasing access to parliaments: a model for change
Conclusions: implications for party theory and underrepresented groups
Afterword: women and parties navigate in a new era, 19982004
Appendix A List of sources for party variables used in the study
Appendix B List of sources for survey data.

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