TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tremblay,Manon
TI  - Women and legislative representation: electoral systems, political parties, and sex quotas 
SN  - 0230603785
AV  - HQ1236 .W6335 2008
U1  - 328.082 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Women politicians
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Representative government and representation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index; Pt. I; Majoritarian Systems --; Subpart I; Plurality --; 1; Uganda --; Reserved Seats for Women MPs: Affirmative Action for the National Women's Movement or the National Resistance Movement; Gretchen Bauer --; 2; The United Kingdom --; The "Mother of All Parliaments": Westminster's Male Face; Sarah Childs, Rosie Campbell and Joni Lovenduski --; 3; The United States --; Feminist Society, Paternalist Politics: How the Electoral System Affects Women's Representation in the United States Congress; Donley T. Studlar --; 4; Afghanistan --; From Misogynist Theocracy to Gender-Inclusive Democracy?; Andrea Fleschenberg --; Subpart II; Majority --; 5; France --; The Single-Member District System: The Hidden Bonus for Notables; Mariette Sineau --; 6; Australia --; Early Promise Unfulfilled: The Electoral Representation of Women in Australia; Ian McAllister --; Pt. II; Proportional Representation --; Subpart I; Closed Lists --; 7; South Africa --; Challenging Traditional Thinking on Electoral Systems; Hannah E. Britton --; 8; Spain --; Women in Parliament: The Effectiveness of Quotas; Celia Valiente --; Subpart II; Preferential (Open) List Systems and Single Transferable Vote --; 9; Belgium --; The Collateral Damage of Electoral System Design; Petra Meier --; 10; Ireland --; STV: A Gender-Proportional System?; Yvonne Galligan --; 11; Peru --; Success under Open List PR: The Election of Women to Congress; Gregory D. Schmidt --; Pt. III; Mixed-Member Systems --; Subpart I; Proportional --; 12; Mexico --; Mas Mujeres? Mexico's Mixed-Member Electoral System; Magda Hinojosa --; 13; New Zealand --; Gendering Parliamentary Representation: A Mixed System Producing Mixed Results; Jennifer Curtin --; Subpart II; Majoritarian with Partial Compensation --; 14; Hungary --; The Impact of Early Party Consolidation on Female Representation and the Mixed Electoral System; Gabriella Ilonszki --; Subpart III; Majoritarian --; 15; Japan --; Societal, Electoral, and Party Explanations for the Low Representation of Women in the House of Representatives; Raymond Christensen
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007021993-b.html
ER  -