Women, quotas and politics / edited by Drude Dahlerup.

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Edition:[1st ed.].
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
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Series:Routledge research in comparative politics ; 10
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Drude Dahlerup
  • 2. Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi
  • 3. The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie
  • 4. Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araujo and Ana Isabel Garcia
  • 5. Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna
  • 6. The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Miliga G. Antic and Sonja Lokar
  • 7. The Arab region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid
  • 8. Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires
  • 9. South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment - a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty
  • 10. Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup
  • 11. Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim society / Cecilia Bylesjo and Francisia S. S. E. Seda
  • 12. Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre
  • 13. Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland
  • 14. Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.