Contagious Representation : : Women’s Political Representation in Democracies around the World / / Frank C. Thames, Margaret S. Williams.
Women’s participation in parliaments, high courts, and executiveoffices worldwide has reached record high numbers, but thisglobal increase in women’s representation masks significant variationamong different democratic political systems. For example, inDecember of 2009, Rwanda’s legislature containe...
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Women’s Political Participation and the Influence of Contagion
- 2. Understanding Women’s Legislative Representation
- 3. Women and the Executive
- 4. Gender and Cross-National Courts
- 5. Contagion and the Adoption of Voluntary Party Quotas
- 6. Contagion and the Adoption of National Quotas
- 7. Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- Appendix 8
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors