The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights

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This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women’s political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women’s right to vote and women’s right to run for political office. This dual focus makes this the first book to combine historical overviews of debates about enfranchising women alongside analyses of more contemporary efforts to increase women’s political representation around the globe. Chapter authors map and assess the impact of these groundbreaking reforms, providing insight into these dynamics in a wide array of countries where women’s suffrage and representation have taken different paths and led to varying degrees of transformation. On the eve of many countries celebrating a century of women’s suffrage, as well as record numbers of women elected and appointed to political office, this timely volume offers an important introduction to ongoing developments related to women’s political empowerment worldwide. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the fields of gender and politics, women’s studies, history and sociology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Global Patterns and Debates in the Granting of Women’s Suffrage (Ann Towns)....Pages 3-19 Gender and Electoral Behavior (Miki Caul Kittilson)....Pages 21-32 The Political Representation of Women over Time (Melanie M. Hughes, Pamela Paxton)....Pages 33-51 The Impact of Women in Parliament (Diana Z. O’Brien, Jennifer M. Piscopo)....Pages 53-72 New Horizons in Women’s Political Rights (Mona Lena Krook)....Pages 73-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Chile: Women’s Suffrage and Political Participation, 1935–2015 (Ricardo Gamboa, Miguel Angel López)....Pages 85-99 Colombia: Civil Conflict, Violence, and Women’s Political Participation (Juliana Restrepo Sanín)....Pages 101-114 Mexico: The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage (Gabriela Cano)....Pages 115-127 New Zealand: A Country of Firsts in Women’s Political Rights (Jennifer Curtin)....Pages 129-142 Finland: Suffrage, Nation, and Political Mobilization (Irma Sulkunen)....Pages 143-154 Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Women’s Political Participation (Anouk Lloren)....Pages 155-167 Canada: Uneven Paths to Suffrage and Women’s Electoral Participation (Nancy Janovicek, Melanee Thomas)....Pages 169-184 Afghanistan: Uphill Challenges for Women’s Political Rights (Andrea Fleschenberg)....Pages 185-199 Kuwait: Why Did Women’s Suffrage Take So Long? (Meriem Aissa)....Pages 201-212 Morocco: Ongoing Struggle for More Representation (Katja Žvan Elliott)....Pages 213-226 Turkey: From Symbols to Actors in the Struggle for Women’s Political Rights (Marella Bodur Ün)....Pages 227-241 Kenya: Women’s Suffrage and Political Participation as Voters (Mi Yung Yoon, Christol Okeke)....Pages 243-256 Nigeria: Women’s Suffrage, Change, and Continuities in Political Participation (Chiedo Nwankwor)....Pages 257-273 Cameroon: Early Mobilization and Limited Impact of Women’s Suffrage (Melinda J. Adams)....Pages 275-288 Zimbabwe: Women’s Mass Movement and Violence (Rudo B. Gaidzanwa)....Pages 289-299 China: Women’s Rights Advocacy (Kimberley Ens Manning)....Pages 301-315 Indonesia: Local Advocacy for Suffrage (Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi)....Pages 317-330 Malaysia: Middle-Equality Trap (Bridget Welsh)....Pages 331-347 Sri Lanka: Struggle for Franchise (Malathi de Alwis, Chulani Kodikara)....Pages 349-362 Czech Republic: Nationalism, Suffrage and Political Participation (Dana Musilová)....Pages 363-374 Russia: The Great War and Women’s Political Rights (Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild)....Pages 375-389 Front Matter ....Pages 391-391 Bolivia: Parity, Empowerment, and Institutional Change (Stéphanie Rousseau)....Pages 393-403 Cuba: Women’s Complicated Political Participation and Representation (Lana Wylie, Sarah Shoker)....Pages 405-419 Uruguay: Slow Progress in Women’s Political Representation (Niki Johnson)....Pages 421-435 United States: Gendered Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes (Kelly Dittmar)....Pages 437-453 Sweden: An Incremental Process (Lenita Freidenvall)....Pages 455-466 France: The Republic Tested by Parity (Réjane Sénac)....Pages 467-481 Australia: The Slow Road to Parliament (Joy McCann, Marian Sawer)....Pages 483-502 Jordan: Quotas and Change in Women’s Political Representation (Sarah Sunn Bush)....Pages 503-515 Tunisia: Changing Patterns of Women’s Representation (Lindsay J. Benstead)....Pages 517-530 Israel: A Century of Political Involvement (Reut Itzkovitch-Malka, Chen Friedberg)....Pages 531-546 Mauritius: Still a Long Journey Ahead (Ramola Ramtohul)....Pages 547-561 Rwanda: Women’s Political Representation and Its Consequences (Jennie E. Burnet)....Pages 563-576 Uganda: Achievements and Challenges for Women in Elected Office (Aili Mari Tripp)....Pages 577-590 Niger: Patterns of Women’s Political Presence Since Independence (Alice J. Kang)....Pages 591-605 Ghana: Stalled Patterns of Women’s Parliamentary Representation (Gretchen Bauer)....Pages 607-625 South Korea: Women’s Political Representation (Young-Im Lee)....Pages 627-640 Taiwan: Asia’s Exception (Chang-Ling Huang)....Pages 641-656 Myanmar: Women’s Political Life (Paul Minoletti)....Pages 657-672 India: A Contradictory Record (Francesca R. Jensenius)....Pages 673-688 Poland: Regime Transformation and Women’s Political Representation (Małgorzata Fuszara)....Pages 689-698 Slovenia: From Socialist Legacies to Legislative Gender Quotas (Milica Antić Gaber)....Pages 699-711 Mongolia: Transformation of Women’s Representation (Pavel Maškarinec)....Pages 713-727 Armenia: Persistent Gender Stereotypes (Kristin Cavoukian, Nona Shahnazaryan)....Pages 729-743 Back Matter ....Pages 745-758