Party institutionalization and women's representation in democratic Brazil /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wylie, Kristin (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:	Cambridge studies in gender and politics.
Subjects:	Political parties > Brazil. Political participation > Social aspects > Brazil. Women > Political activity > Brazil. Women political candidates > Brazil. Representative government and representation > Brazil. Brazil > Politics and government > 2002- Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Crisis of Representation: The Puzzle of Women's Underrepresentation in Brazil; 2. Willing and Able: Party Institutionalization, Party Leadership, and Women's Representation; 3. Brazil's Quota Law and the Challenges of Institutional Change Amidst Weak and Gendered Institutions; 4. Overcoming Gendered Obstacles: Voters, Electoral Rules, and Parties; 5.Electoral Rules, Party Support, and Women's Unexpected Successes in Elections to the Brazilian Senate; 6. Supermadres, Lutadoras, and Technocrats: The Bounded Profiles of Brazil's Female Politicians; 7.Intersections between Race and Gender in Brazil's 2014 Chamber of Deputies Elections; 8.Theoretical Implications and Comparative Perspectives.