Women, politics, and change / edited by Karen Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Karen, 1957-

Series:

Hansard Society series in politics and government

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Women politicians.

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This report offers a range of perspectives on the role of women in formal politics in a variety of political contexts, from mature to more emergent democratic systems. The wide geographical range - from Africa to Europe, from China to Australia - is a significant strength of the book, as is the diversity of its methodological approaches and techniques.

Contents:

Questions of Representation: The Theory/Practice Gap

The Representation of Women in Australia: Meaning and Make-Believe / Marian Sawer 5

Does Size Matter? Critical Mass and New Zealand's Women MPs / Sandra Grey 19

Maintaining a Balance: The Retention of Women MSPs in Scotland / Nicole Busby, Calum MacLeod 30

Women's Political Participation in China: Struggling to Hold Up Half the Sky / Jude Howell 43

Mainstreaming in Westminster and Whitehall: From Labour's Ministry for Women to the Women and Equality Unit / Judith Squires, Mark Wickham-Jones 57

Gender and Effect: The Impact of Women in Politics

Women and Constitutional Change in Scotland and Northern Ireland / Alice Brown, Tahyna Barnett Donaghy, Fiona Mackay, Elizabeth Meehan 71

The 'Femocrat' Strategy: Expanding the Repertoire of Feminist Activists / Louise Chappell 85

Developing Democracy in Kosova: From Grass Roots to Government / Chris Corrin 99

Competing Interests: Democracy, Islamification and Women Politicians in Iran / Haleh Afshar 109

Women and Politics in Africa: The Case of Uganda / Donna Pankhurst 119

'All The Time His Wife': Portrayals of First Ladies in the Israeli Press / Dafna Lemish, Gili Drob 129

Straight Talking: Women Politicians Talk Out Experience

Hitting the Target: Are Labour Women MPs 'Acting For' Women? / Sarah Childs 143

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Women in the Two Main Political Parties in Wales / Julia Edwards, Laura McAllister 154

Invisible Women: The Political Roles of Unionist and Loyalist Women in Contemporary Northern Ireland / Rachel Ward 167

Women in the European Parliament / Jane Freedman 179

Women's Place in 'Male' Space: Gender and Effect in Parliamentary Contexts / Karen Ross 190.

Notes:

"In association with Hansard Society series in politics and government."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198515413

OCLC:

48532730