MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03162cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2007021993
003 DLC
005 20090929094812.0
008 070525s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
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245 00 $aWomen and legislative representation :$belectoral systems, political parties, and sex quotas /$cedited by Manon Tremblay.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
300 $axxvi, 278 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index.
505 00 $gpt. I. Majoritarian systems. Uganda :$tReserved seats for women MPs : affirmative action for the national women's movement or the national resistance movement /$rGretchen Bauer --$gUnited Kingdom :$tThe 'mother of all parliaments' : Westminster's male face /$rSarah Childs, Rosie Campbell, Joni Lovenduski --$gUnited States :$tFeminist society, paternalist politics : how the electoral system affects women's representation in the United States Congress /$rDonley T. Studlar --$gAfghanistan :$tFrom misogynist theocracy to gender-inclusive democracy? /$rAndrea Fleschenberg --$gFrance :$tThe single member district system : the hidden bonus for notables /$rMariette Sineau --$gAustralia :$tEarly promise unfulfilled : the electoral representation of women in Australia /$rIan McAllister --$gpt. II. Proportional representation. South Africa :$tChallenging traditional thinking on electoral systems /$rHannah E. Britton --$gSpain :$tWomen in parliament : the effectiveness of quotas /$rCelia Valiente --$gBelgium :$tThe collateral damage of electoral system design /$rPetra Meier --$gIreland :$tSTV : a gender-proportional system? /$rYvonne Galligan --$gPeru :$tSuccess under open list PR : the election of women to congress /$rGregory Schmidt --$gpt. III. Mixed-member systems. Mexico :$t¿Más Mujeres? Mexico's mixed-member electoral system /$rMagda Hinojosa --$gNew Zealand :$tGendering parliamentary representation : a mixed system producing mixed results /$rJennifer Curtin --$gHungary :$tThe impact of early party consolidation on female representation and the mixed electoral system /$rGabriella Ilonszki --$gJapan :$tSocietal, electoral, and party explanations for the low representation of women in the house of representatives /$rRaymond Christensen.
650 0 $aWomen politicians.
650 0 $aWomen$xPolitical activity.
650 0 $aLegislators.
650 0 $aSex role.
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation.
700 1 $aTremblay, Manon.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007021993-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007021993-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0727/2007021993-t.html