Women and legislative representation: electoral systems, political parties, and sex quotas

Women in Legislative Representation: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Sex Quotas. gives a complete and international perspective on the proportionand impact of women in national parliaments. More precisely, it seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. Through the particular perspective of female representation in parliaments, editor Manon Tremblay and the contributors seek to provide an understanding of a profound political movement, that of the third wave of democratization of political systems. Revised and updated, this volume remains unique in its focus on electoral systems as an explanation for the proportion of women in national parliaments. INDICE: PART I: MAJOITARIAN SYSTEMS .Uganda: Reserved Seats for Women MPs:Affirmative Action for the National Women's Movement or the National Resistance Movement; .G.Bauer. United Kingdom: The Mother of All Parliaments: Westminster's Male Face; .S.Childs, R.Campbell.&.J.Lovenduski. United States of America: Feminist Society, Paternalist Politics:How the Electoral System Affects Women's Representation in the United States Congress; .D.T.Studlar. Afghanistan: From Misogynist Theocracy to Gender-Inclusive Democracy?; .A.Fleschenberg. France: The Single Member District System: The Hidden Bonus for Notables; .M.Sineau. Australia: Early Promise Unfulfilled: The Electoral Representation of Women in Australia; .I.McAllister. PART II: PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION .South Africa: Challenging Traditional Thinking on Electoral Systems; .H.E.Britton. Spain: Women in Parliament: The Effectiveness of Quotas; .C.Valiente. Belgium: TheCollateral Damage of Electoral System Design; .P.Meier. Ireland: STV:A Gender-Proportional System?; .Y.Galligan. Peru: Success Under Open List PR: The Election of Women to the Congress; .G.Schmidt. PART III: MIXED-MEMBER SYSTEMS .Mexico: Más Mujeres? Mexico's Mixed-Member Electoral System; .M.Minojosa. New Zealand: Gendering Parliamentary Representation: A Mixed System Producing Mixed Results; .J.Curtin. Hungary: The Impact of Early Party Consolidation on Female Representation and the Mixed Electoral System; .G.Ilonszk. Japan: Societal, Electoral, and Party Explanations for the Low Representation of Women in the House of Representatives; .R.Christensen. Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-1-1372-8070-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 314
• Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido