Pacific Women in Politics : : Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands /

Pacific Women in Politics : : Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands / / Kerryn Baker; ed. by Jack Corbett, Brij V. Lal.

Women are significantly underrepresented in politics in the Pacific Islands, given that only one in twenty Pacific parliamentarians are female, compared to one in five globally. A common, but controversial, method of increasing the number of women in politics is the use of gender "as, or measur...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
VerfasserIn:
Baker, Kerryn,
HerausgeberIn:
Corbett, Jack,
Lal, Brij V.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Topics in the Contemporary Pacific
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.) :; 3 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • From the General Editors
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Women, Politics, and Representation in the Pacific Islands
  • CHAPTER 2. The "10 Percent Law" Debate in Samoa
  • CHAPTER 3. Gender Quota Campaigns in Papua New Guinea, 2007-2012
  • CHAPTER 4. The Reserved Seats Debate in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
  • CHAPTER 5. Parity Laws in the French Pacific Territories
  • CHAPTER 6. Interpreting Gender Quota Campaigns in the Pacific Islands
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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