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Sharing Power: Women, Parliament, Democracy

By Manon Tremblay , Yvonne Galligan

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781138276437, 0754640892, 2004025165, 9780754640899
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1069038 bytes)
Pages
284\0
Time added
2022-08-04 12:42:10

Description

The representation of women in parliament is a subject of extensive research and a focus for political action in the last decade. The wide variation in women's parliamentary presence contradicts the expectation that established or consolidated democracies are more supportive of the presence of women in political life than emerging democracies. This volume explains this variation through a series of closely investigated case studies from the post-Communist transition democracies of Eastern Europe and emerging democracies in Asia and the Middle East to the long-established liberal democratic states. The volume examines the history of women's legislative involvement, clearly addressing the issue of equal opportunities for women in political life on a cross-national basis. It also identifies innovative solutions to redress the power-sharing balance between women and men. Offering a unique comparative perspective, Sharing Power will appeal to students and scholars of politics, women's studies, history and legislative studies.

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