Representing women in parliament : a comparative study /
Representing women in parliament : a comparative study /
edited by Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay, and Linda Trimble.
- Abingdon, Oxon. : Routledge, 2006.
- xxi, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white)
- Routledge research in comparative politics ; 14 .
- Routledge research in comparative politics ; 14. .
Introduction : patterns and practice in the parliamentary representation of women / I. The descriptive representation of women -- Women's electoral representation / Women's representation in the Canadian House of Commons / Climbing on : rules, values and women's representation in the New Zealand parliament / Women and Westminster : descriptive representation in United Kingdom / II. The substantive representation of women -- When women support women ... EMILY's List and the substantive representation of women in Australia / When do women count? Substantive representation of women in Canadian legislatures / The 'new world'? The substantive representation of women in New Zealand / The House turned upside down? The difference Labour's women MPs made / III. New institutions, new opportunities? -- Descriptive and substantive representation in new parliamentary spaces : the case of Scotland / Women and constitutional reform : gender parity in the National Assembly for Wales / Women in Northern Ireland's politics : feminising an 'armed patriarchy' / Paradise lost? Gender parity and the Nunavut experience / Conclusion : gendering political representation in the old and new worlds of Westminster / Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay and Linda Trimble -- Ian McAllister -- Lisa Young -- Elizabeth McLeay -- Donley T. Studlar -- Marian Sawer -- Linda Trimble -- Sandra Grey -- Sarah Childs -- Fiona Mackay -- Paul Chaney -- Yvonne Galligan -- Manon Tremblay and Jackie F. Steele -- Jennifer Curtain.
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Women in politics.
Women legislators.
Representative government and representation.
Legislative bodies
Comparative government.
328.082
Introduction : patterns and practice in the parliamentary representation of women / I. The descriptive representation of women -- Women's electoral representation / Women's representation in the Canadian House of Commons / Climbing on : rules, values and women's representation in the New Zealand parliament / Women and Westminster : descriptive representation in United Kingdom / II. The substantive representation of women -- When women support women ... EMILY's List and the substantive representation of women in Australia / When do women count? Substantive representation of women in Canadian legislatures / The 'new world'? The substantive representation of women in New Zealand / The House turned upside down? The difference Labour's women MPs made / III. New institutions, new opportunities? -- Descriptive and substantive representation in new parliamentary spaces : the case of Scotland / Women and constitutional reform : gender parity in the National Assembly for Wales / Women in Northern Ireland's politics : feminising an 'armed patriarchy' / Paradise lost? Gender parity and the Nunavut experience / Conclusion : gendering political representation in the old and new worlds of Westminster / Marian Sawer, Manon Tremblay and Linda Trimble -- Ian McAllister -- Lisa Young -- Elizabeth McLeay -- Donley T. Studlar -- Marian Sawer -- Linda Trimble -- Sandra Grey -- Sarah Childs -- Fiona Mackay -- Paul Chaney -- Yvonne Galligan -- Manon Tremblay and Jackie F. Steele -- Jennifer Curtain.
9780415393164 9780415479523
GBA612219 bnb
013375232 Uk
Women in politics.
Women legislators.
Representative government and representation.
Legislative bodies
Comparative government.
328.082