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Selecting women, electing women : political representation and candidate selection in Latin America / Magda Hinojosa.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.L37 H56 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hinojosa, Magda, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--Latin America.
- Women.
- Women--Political activity.
- Women and democracy.
- Women political candidates.
- Latin America.
- Women political candidates--Latin America.
- Women and democracy--Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Electing women: female political representation in Latin America
- Why selection matters: explaining women's representation in politics
- How selection matters: a theoretical framework
- The paradox of primaries: inclusive-decentralized selection
- Inclusive-centralized and exclusive-decentralized selection
- "Less democratic, but more effective": exclusive-centralized selection
- Selecting candidates closer to home: widows, wives, and daughters
- Altering candidate selection: the adoption and implementation of gender quotas
- Candidate selection and women's representation in Latin American politics
- Appendix one: Latin American women's representation by party
- Appendix two: interviews.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439908471
- 1439908478
- 9781439908488
- 1439908486
- 9781439908495
- 1439908494
- OCLC:
- 779265233
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