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Women's Access to Political Power in Post-Communist Europe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gender and Politics SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (394 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191529924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women's Access to Political Power in Post-Communist EuropeDDC classification:
  • 320.082094
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recruiting Women to National Legislatures: A General Framework with Applications to Post-Communist Democracies -- 3. Popular Support for Electing Women in Eastern Europe -- 4. Women's Representation in Germany: A Comparison of East and West -- 5. Women in Lithuanian Politics: From Nomenklatura Selection to Representation -- 6. Weak Mobilization, Hidden Majoritarianism, and Resurgence of the Right: A Recipe for Female Under-Representation in Hungary -- 7. Women and Political Representation in Contemporary Ukraine -- 8. Electoral Systems and Women's Representation: The Strange Case of Russia -- 9. Women in Russian Regional Assemblies: Losing Ground -- 10. Establishing a Machocracy: Women and Elections in Macedonia (1990-8) -- 11. Women in the Polish Sejm: Political Culture and Party Politics versus Electoral Rules -- 12. Czech Political Parties Prefer Male Candidates to Female Votes -- 13. Factors Influencing Women's Presence in Slovene Parliament -- 14. Croatia's Leap towards Political Equality: Rules and Players -- 15. Women's Legislative Representation in Post-Communist Bulgaria -- 16. Women's Representation in Post-Communist Europe -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: This volume examines women's political representation in Eastern Europe and in particular the way in which that representation has evolved since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition to shedding light on the democratization of Eastern Europe, the volume provides a useful test for a range of theories of representation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recruiting Women to National Legislatures: A General Framework with Applications to Post-Communist Democracies -- 3. Popular Support for Electing Women in Eastern Europe -- 4. Women's Representation in Germany: A Comparison of East and West -- 5. Women in Lithuanian Politics: From Nomenklatura Selection to Representation -- 6. Weak Mobilization, Hidden Majoritarianism, and Resurgence of the Right: A Recipe for Female Under-Representation in Hungary -- 7. Women and Political Representation in Contemporary Ukraine -- 8. Electoral Systems and Women's Representation: The Strange Case of Russia -- 9. Women in Russian Regional Assemblies: Losing Ground -- 10. Establishing a Machocracy: Women and Elections in Macedonia (1990-8) -- 11. Women in the Polish Sejm: Political Culture and Party Politics versus Electoral Rules -- 12. Czech Political Parties Prefer Male Candidates to Female Votes -- 13. Factors Influencing Women's Presence in Slovene Parliament -- 14. Croatia's Leap towards Political Equality: Rules and Players -- 15. Women's Legislative Representation in Post-Communist Bulgaria -- 16. Women's Representation in Post-Communist Europe -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This volume examines women's political representation in Eastern Europe and in particular the way in which that representation has evolved since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition to shedding light on the democratization of Eastern Europe, the volume provides a useful test for a range of theories of representation.

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