TY - BOOK AU - Annesley,Claire AU - Beckwith,Karen AU - Franceschet,Susan TI - Cabinets, ministers, and gender T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780190069049 (ebook) : AV - JF1525.L4 U1 - 352.24081 23 PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - Cabinet officers KW - Selection and appointment KW - Women cabinet officers KW - Comparative government N1 - Also issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 'Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender' explains how cabinets are constructed in democracies, providing detailed information about the formal and informal rules that shape the decisions of presidents and prime ministers in selecting cabinet ministers, and the eligibility and qualification standards for those who aspire to cabinet positions. The text shows how the decisions of selectors and the process of cabinet formation create different opportunities for men and women to be selected, explaining why some democracies have appointed more women to cabinet than others by developing the concept of the concrete floor-the minimum number of women included in cabinet to ensure its legitimacy UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190069018.001.0001 ER -