| Description |
x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the dynamics of gender and party / Joni Lovenduski -- Two steps forward, one step back: women and the Australian Party System / Marian Simms -- Gender and party politics in Britain / Pippa Norris and Joni Lovenduski -- Making her way in: women, parties and candidacies in Canada / Lynda Erickson -- Transformation or modernization: the rhetoric and reality of gender and party politics in France / Andrew Appleton and Amy G. Mazur -- Party change and women's representation in Unified Germany / Eva Kolinsky -- Party politics and gender in the Republic of Ireland / Yvonne Galligan -- A PĚ€artitocrazia' without women: the case of the Italian party system / Marila Guadagnini -- A battle for power: selecting candidates in the Netherlands / Monique Leijenaar -- Ending the male political hegemony: the Norwegian experience / Hege Skjeie -- The politics of increased women's representation: the Swedish case / Diane Sainsbury -- Party decline, party transformation and gender politics: the USA / Barbara C. Burrell -- Conclusions: comparing legislative recruitment / Pippa Norris |
| Summary |
This book is the first systematic study of how political parties have responded to women's claims for representation. It brings together the work of experts on gender and politics in 11 liberal democracies including Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United States. By the end of the 1970s party systems in most liberal democracies were under pressure to devise strategies to bring women into the political system and to present policies aimed at bringing about sex equality in social life. Gender and Party Politics shows that responses varied by system and ideology but, by the beginning of the 1990s, most political parties had policies to enhance the representation of women. Moreover, parties accommodated women at the same time as they implemented new systems of candidate selection, new means of policymaking and other organizational reforms. Gender is now an explicit issue for many political parties, and the way it is treated gives a good insight into the imperatives of party politics. This study of women's progress illuminates such important aspects of party politics as the nature of cultural and institutional restraints, the pitfalls of modernization and democratization, the role of ideology, the impact of electoral systems and the significance of party organization. -- Publisher description |
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This is the first systematic study of how political parties have responded to women's claims for representation. Experts on gender and politics represent 11 liberal democracies including Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United States |
| Analysis |
Politics Participation of Women |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Election candidates |
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Party members |
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Political influence |
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Political participation |
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Political parties, Australian |
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Political parties, Overseas |
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Women |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) and index |
| Subject |
Political parties -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Political parties -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Political parties.
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Women -- Political activity.
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Women -- Political activity -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Lovenduski, Joni, editor
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Norris, Pippa, editor
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| LC no. |
93085415 |
| ISBN |
0803986599 (cased) |
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0803986602 (paperback) |
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9780803986596 (cased) |
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9780803986602 (paperback) |
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