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Author Murray, Rainbow, 1979-

Title Parties, gender quotas and candidate selection in France / Rainbow Murray
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 187 pages)
Series French politics, society and culture series
French politics, society, and culture series.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 French Parties and Parity in Context; Chapter 3 Candidate Selection, Supply and Demand; Chapter 4 The Electoral Competition Approach; Chapter 5 The Institutional Approach; Chapter 6 The Ideological Approach; Chapter 7 Conclusion and the 'Party Priorities Model'; Appendix: Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Gender quotas are a growing worldwide phenomenon, yet their variable implementation remains under-researched. Using the prominent case study of France this book approaches quotas from the perspective of the key actors responsible for them - political parties
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Nominations for office -- France
Political parties -- France
Women -- Political activity -- France
Political parties -- France.
Political structure & processes -- France.
Gender studies: women -- France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Politics and Government.
Nominations for office
Political parties
Politics and government
Women -- Political activity
Gender studies, gender groups.
Political structure & processes.
Political parties.
Gender studies: women & girls.
Politics & government.
Political science & theory.
Elections & referenda.
Political economy.
France.
Political structures: democracy.
Central -- national -- federal government policies.
Society & culture: general.
Europe.
Society.
SUBJECT France -- Politics and government -- 2007-2012. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007003856
Subject France
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230275294
023027529X