Representing Women in Parliament - A Comparative Study

Informationen zum Autor Marian Sawer leads the Democratic Audit of Australia at the Australian National University and chairs the Research Committee on Gender, Politics and Policy of the International Political Science Association. Manon Tremblay is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Research Centre on Women and Politics at the University of Ottawa. Linda Trimble is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta. Klappentext Written by a major international team of authors, this new study features twelve chapters on both new and established parliaments, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It tests the latest theories about women's political representation within Westminster style assemblies and is clearly organized into three key sections. Zusammenfassung Written by a major international team of authors, this new study features twelve chapters on both new and established parliaments, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It tests the latest theories about women's political representation within Westminster style assemblies and is clearly organized into three key sections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Part 1. The Descriptive Representation of Women 1. Australia 2. Canada 3. New Zealand 4. The United Kingdom Part 2. The Substantive Representation of Women 5. Australia 6. Canada 7. New Zealand 8. The United Kingdom Part 3. New Institutions, New Opportunities? 9. Northern Ireland 10. Scotland 11. Wales 12. Nunavut Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Marian (Australian National University Sawer, Marian Tremblay Sawer, SAWER MARIAN TREMBLAY MANON TRIM
• Assisted by: Marian Sawer (Editor), Manon Tremblay (Editor), Linda Trimble (Editor), Trimble Linda (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415393164
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39316-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics; Routledge Research in Comparat; Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups