Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe / Miki Caul Kittilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kittilson, Miki Caul.

Series:

Parliaments and legislatures series.

Parliaments and legislatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--European Union countries.

Political parties.

Women legislators--European Union countries.

Women legislators.

Women--Political activity--European Union countries.

Women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 190 p. :) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Women, parties, and political power

Opportunity structures: the key to womens access

Change from the inside out: women in party leadership

Rule changes to increase womens parliamentary presence: the diffusion of candidate gender quotas

Britain: women, parties, and the House of Commons

Germany: women, parties, and the Bundestag

Finland: women, parties, and the Eduskunta

Increasing access to parliaments: a model for change

Conclusions: implications for party theory and underrepresented groups

Afterword: women and parties navigate in a new era, 19982004

Appendix A List of sources for party variables used in the study

Appendix B List of sources for survey data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8142-7256-8

OCLC:

654198402