Format:
1 online resource (336 pages)
ISBN:
9781433705144
Content:
This book explains the high level of current concern for the under-representation of women in politics.
Content:
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- THE POLITICS OF GENDER REPRESENTATION -- THE POLICY OF GENDER REPRESENTATION -- POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION -- THE CASE OF THE NETHERLANDS -- PLAN OF THE BOOK -- PART I: DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER 2 POLITICAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN FIFTEEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- WOMEN IN POLITICS IN THE 15 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- Scandinavian Countries -- Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain -- France, Belgium and Luxembourg -- Britain and Ireland -- Germany and Austria -- EUROPEAN UNION -- EVALUATING EUROPE -- CHAPTER 3 AN EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK FOR WOMEN'S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION -- VOTING -- RECRUITMENT -- Social and Cultural Climate -- Gender Division of Labour and Gender Equality -- Civil Society and Corporatism -- Structural Factors -- Situational Factors -- Psychological Factors -- SELECTION -- Electoral System -- Selection Process -- Selection Criteria -- Affirmative Action -- Women's Factions -- Party System/Party Competition -- Political and Civic Expertise -- Quality of Life -- ELECTION -- Preferential Voting and Electoral Attractiveness -- REPRESENTATION -- Culture of Politics -- CONCLUSION -- PART II: THE CASE OF THE NETHERLANDS -- CHAPTER 4 THE NETHERLANDS: POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN -- 'NO GENDER BARRIER AT THE POLLING BOOTH' -- POLITICAL SYSTEM -- ELECTORAL SYSTEM -- PARTY SYSTEM -- Pillarisation -- PARTIES' ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICS -- Women's Suffrage -- After 1919: the Confessional Parties -- After 1919: the Liberal and Socialist Parties -- After 1945 -- WOMEN'S PARTIES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 FROM TOKEN TO PLAYER -- 1917-1946: PIONEERS -- 1946-1975: TOKENS OR GROUP REPRESENTATIVES -- 1975-1989: DEFENDERS OF WOMEN'S INTERESTS -- 1990S: PLAYERS -- LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL -- EUROPEAN LEVEL -- CONCLUSION.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004140998
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004140998
Additional Edition:
Print version Political Empowerment of Women : The Netherlands and Other Countries
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=280713
