Women, quotas and politics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Dahlerup, Drude
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Edition:	[1st ed.].
Series:	Routledge research in comparative politics ; 10.
Subjects:	Women > Political activity > Cross-cultural studies. Women > Suffrage > Cross-cultural studies. Political participation > Cross-cultural studies. Representative government and representation > Cross-cultural studies. Elections > Cross-cultural studies. Democracy > Cross-cultural studies. Vrouwen. Representatie (politicologie) Parlementen. Quotering.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / Drude Dahlerup
Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi
The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie
Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García
Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna
The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar
The Arab Region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab Nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied
Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires
South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment : a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty
Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup
Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country / Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda
Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre
Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland
Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup.