Women and legislative representation :  electoral systems, political parties, and sex quotas / 
edited by Manon Tremblay. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxvi, 278 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index. 
<br/><br/> Majoritarian Systems --  Plurality --  Uganda --  Reserved Seats for Women MPs: Affirmative Action for the National Women's Movement or the National Resistance Movement /  The United Kingdom --  The "Mother of All Parliaments": Westminster's Male Face /  The United States --  Feminist Society, Paternalist Politics: How the Electoral System Affects Women's Representation in the United States Congress /  Afghanistan --  From Misogynist Theocracy to Gender-Inclusive Democracy? /  Majority --  France --  The Single-Member District System: The Hidden Bonus for Notables /  Australia --  Early Promise Unfulfilled: The Electoral Representation of Women in Australia /  Proportional Representation --  Closed Lists --  South Africa --  Challenging Traditional Thinking on Electoral Systems /  Spain --  Women in Parliament: The Effectiveness of Quotas /  Preferential (Open) List Systems and Single Transferable Vote --  Belgium --  The Collateral Damage of Electoral System Design /  Ireland --  STV: A Gender-Proportional System? /  Peru --  Success under Open List PR: The Election of Women to Congress /  Mixed-Member Systems --  Proportional --  Mexico --  Mas Mujeres? Mexico's Mixed-Member Electoral System /  New Zealand --  Gendering Parliamentary Representation: A Mixed System Producing Mixed Results /  Majoritarian with Partial Compensation --  Hungary --  The Impact of Early Party Consolidation on Female Representation and the Mixed Electoral System /  Majoritarian --  Japan --  Societal, Electoral, and Party Explanations for the Low Representation of Women in the House of Representatives /  Gretchen Bauer --  Sarah Childs, Rosie Campbell and Joni Lovenduski --  Donley T. Studlar --  Andrea Fleschenberg --  Mariette Sineau --  Ian McAllister --  Hannah E. Britton --  Celia Valiente --  Petra Meier --  Yvonne Galligan --  Gregory D. Schmidt --  Magda Hinojosa --  Jennifer Curtin --  Gabriella Ilonszki --  Raymond Christensen.  Pt. I.  Subpart I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Subpart II.  5.  6.  Pt. II.  Subpart I.  7.  8.  Subpart II.  9.  10.  11.  Pt. III.  Subpart I.  12.  13.  Subpart II.  14.  Subpart III.  15. 
<br/><br/> "This book studies the proportion of women in national parliaments. More precisely, it seeks to identify the factors that influence the percentage of female parliamentarians, paying particular attention to the electoral system. The author seeks to understand a profound political movement, that of the third wave of democratization of political systems, through the particular perspective of female representation in parliaments. Although several books have been published on women in politics, none have focused on electoral systems as an explanation for the proportion of women in national parliaments."--Publisher's website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0230603785 9780230603783 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007021993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women politicians<br/>Women--Political activity<br/>Legislators<br/>Sex role.<br/>Representative government and representation
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1236  / .W6335 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.082