Opening Doors Wider : Women's Political Engagement in Canada.
Bashevkin, Sylvia.
Opening Doors Wider : Women's Political Engagement in Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (223 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: Community and Women's Group Participation -- 2 Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? -- 3 Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation -- Part 2: Winning Legislative Seats -- 4 Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? -- 5 Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit of Women in the House of Commons -- Part 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences -- 6 Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open: Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 -- 7 "Stage" versus "Actor" Barriers to Women's Federal Party Leadership -- 8 One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer's Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP -- Part 4: Media and Public Images -- 9 Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage -- 10 Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand -- Part 5: Remedies and Prescriptions -- 11 Opening Doors to Women's Participation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
This book asks whether the doors to women's participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.
9780774815659
Women in public life--Canada.
Women--Political activity--Canada.
Women legislators--Canada.
Electronic books.
HQ1236.5.C2 -- O64 2009eb
320.082/0971
Opening Doors Wider : Women's Political Engagement in Canada. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (223 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1: Community and Women's Group Participation -- 2 Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? -- 3 Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation -- Part 2: Winning Legislative Seats -- 4 Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? -- 5 Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit of Women in the House of Commons -- Part 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences -- 6 Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open: Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 -- 7 "Stage" versus "Actor" Barriers to Women's Federal Party Leadership -- 8 One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer's Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP -- Part 4: Media and Public Images -- 9 Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage -- 10 Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand -- Part 5: Remedies and Prescriptions -- 11 Opening Doors to Women's Participation -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
This book asks whether the doors to women's participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.
9780774815659
Women in public life--Canada.
Women--Political activity--Canada.
Women legislators--Canada.
Electronic books.
HQ1236.5.C2 -- O64 2009eb
320.082/0971