Women, Politics and Governance in West Europe

How have activist women - in communities, in parliaments, and in cabinets - made a difference in Western European politics? To answer these questions, this volume employs a gendered comparative analysis of women in multiple West European nations. Beckwith examines the trajectory of West European women and politics from the 1970s to the present.

List of contents

Introduction: Women's Suffrage and Citizenship in Europe
Women's Voting Behaviour and Mass Participation
Women's Movements and Feminist Movements
Women and Political Parties in West Europe
Women in Parliaments
Prime Ministers and Cabinet Members
Women in the European Parliament
Conclusion: Women's Political Prospects and Nation-Building in East and West

About the author

KAREN BECKWITH is Professor of Political Science at the College of Wooster, USA. Her most recent book is Women's Movements Facing the Reconfigured State, co-edited with Lee Ann Banaszak and Dieter Rucht (Cambridge University, UK).

Product details

• Authors: Beckwith, Karen Beckwith
• Publisher: Palgrave USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 03.12.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9781403962058
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-6205-8
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education