Women in executive power : a global overview / edited by Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bauer, Gretchen, 1959-

Tremblay, Manon.

Series:

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 38.

Routledge research in comparative politics ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Women legislators.

Representative government and representation.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women in Executive Power studies the participation of women in the political executive around the world-notably in cabinet positions as ministers and sub-ministers and as heads of government and state. Providing multiple case studies in each chapter, the book provides regional overviews of nine different world regions covering those with the fewest to the most women in executive power. Evaluating the role of socio-cultural, economic and political variables of women's access to cabinet positions and positions of head of state and government, the book shows that women are incr

Contents:

Introduction / Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay

Arab states / Vânia Carvalho Pinto

South and Southeast Asia / Andrea Fleschenberg

Oceania / Jennifer Curtin and Marian Sawer

Central and Eastern Europe / Maxime Forest

Sub-Saharan Africa / Gretchen Bauer

Latin America / Tiffany D. Barnes and Mark P. Jones

North America / Farida Jalalzai and Manon Tremblay

Western Europe / Fiona Buckley and Yvonne Galligan

Nordic countries / Christina Bergqvist

Conclusion / Manon Tremblay and Gretchen Bauer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613104250

9781136819148

1136819142

9781283104258

1283104253

9781136819155

1136819150

9780203829981

0203829980

OCLC:

713021646