Women and Representation in Local Government

Women and Representation in Local Government
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781136815232
ISBN-13 : 1136815236
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Synopsis Women and Representation in Local Government by : Barbara Pini

This volume brings together international experts to examine and compare women in local government and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.

Gender in Local Government

Gender in Local Government
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 164
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435080929938
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Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Gender in Local Government by : Prabha Khosla

"This sourcebook aims at providing local governments with the tools to better understand the importance of gender in the decision-making process and to reach better solutions for the communities they serve. For this publication the following key issues of local governance have been selected: participation in local government, land rights, urban planning, service provision, local government financing, violence against women and local economic development. Each of these issues is introduced by a brief gender analysis. Numerous case studies illustrate what local governments can do. Reflection questions and training exercises help trainers to develop successful training events. [...] [The manual] is designed as a companion to other UN-HABITAT training tools, providing local government trainers with the background and tested training methods they need to strengthen the gender dimension in their day-to-day training activities. The source book may also be used as a stand-alone tool, introducing local governments to gender issues and their importance for local government policy-making and project implementation." -- P. iv.

Electoral Engineering

Electoral Engineering
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 0521536715
ISBN-13 : 9780521536714
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Electoral Engineering by : Pippa Norris

From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in ?electoral engineering?. Reformers have sought to achieve either greater government accountability through majoritarian arrangements or wider parliamentary diversity through proportional formula. Underlying the normative debates are important claims about the impact and consequences of electoral reform for political representation and voting behavior. The study compares and evaluates two broad schools of thought, each offering contracting expectations. One popular approach claims that formal rules define electoral incentives facing parties, politicians and citizens. By changing these rules, rational choice institutionalism claims that we have the capacity to shape political behavior. Alternative cultural modernization theories differ in their emphasis on the primary motors driving human behavior, their expectations about the pace of change, and also their assumptions about the ability of formal institutional rules to alter, rather than adapt to, deeply embedded and habitual social norms and patterns of human behavior.

The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development

The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development
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Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Total Pages : 102
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ISBN-10 : 9781849291095
ISBN-13 : 1849291098
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development by : Commonwealth Secretariat

Women’s minimal leadership role in national and local political spheres remains a serious concern worldwide. The Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005–2015 calls on governments to introduce measures to promote at least 30 per cent representation of women in parliament, government and business. The Impact of Women’s Political Leadership on Democracy and Development describes the barriers to women’s political participation and explains why the contribution of women is so crucial to democracy. It identifies established strategies – electoral reform (New Zealand), party voluntary quotas (South Africa), and legislative quotas (Bangladesh and India) – that have helped these Commonwealth countries to meet the global target of 30 per cent and thus to effectively advance the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.

Women and Representation in Local Government

Women and Representation in Local Government
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781136815225
ISBN-13 : 1136815228
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Synopsis Women and Representation in Local Government by : Barbara Pini

Women and Representation in Local Government opens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government. Presenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international experts to examine and compare the presence of women at this level and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Uganda, China, Australia and New Zealand. Divided into four main sections, each explores a key theme related to the subject of women and representation in local government and engages with contemporary gender theory and the broader literature on women and politics. The contributors explore local government as a gendered environment; critiquing strategies to address the limited number of elected female members in local government and examine the impact of significant recent changes on local government through a gender lens. Addressing key questions of how gender equality can be achieved in this sector, it will be of strong interest to students and academics working in the fields of gender studies, local government and international politics.

Women in Parliament

Women in Parliament
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106019104725
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Synopsis Women in Parliament by : Julie Ballington

This updated edition of Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers Handbook covers the ground of women's access to the legislature in three steps: It looks into the obstacles women confront when entering Parliament be they political, socio-economic or ideological and psychological. It presents solutions to overcome these obstacles, such as changing electoral systems and introducing quotas, and it details strategies for women to influence politics once they are elected to parliament, an institution which is traditionally male dominated. The first Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers handbook was produced as part of IDEA's work on women and political participation in 1998. Since its release in English in 1998, there has been an ongoing interest and demand for the handbook, and responding to the request for the translation of the handbook, IDEA has produced Spanish, French and Indonesian language versions and a Russian overview of the handbook during 2002-2003. Since the first handbook was published, the picture regarding women's political participation has slowly changed. Overall the past decade has seen gradual progress with regard to women's presence in national parliaments. This second edition incorporates relevant global changes in the past years presenting new and updated case studies.--

Equality in Politics

Equality in Politics
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Publisher : Inter-Parliamentary Union
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 9789291423798
ISBN-13 : 9291423793
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Equality in Politics by : Julie Ballington

The Impact of Gender Quotas

The Impact of Gender Quotas
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780199830091
ISBN-13 : 0199830096
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis The Impact of Gender Quotas by : Susan Franceschet

The Impact of Gender Quotas is a theory-building and comparative exercise in elaborating concepts commonly used to analyze the broad impacts of gender quotas. Using a conceptual framework based upon descriptive, substantive and symbolic dimensions of representation, the book presents case studies from twelve countries in Western Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.

The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems

The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 1017
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ISBN-10 : 9780190258672
ISBN-13 : 0190258675
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems by : Erik S. Herron

No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences are translated into election results, profoundly shape the results not only of individual elections but also of many other important political outcomes, including party systems, candidate selection, and policy choices. Electoral systems have been a hot topic in established democracies from the UK and Italy to New Zealand and Japan. Even in the United States, events like the 2016 presidential election and court decisions such as Citizens United have sparked advocates to promote change in the Electoral College, redistricting, and campaign-finance rules. Elections and electoral systems have also intensified as a field of academic study, with groundbreaking work over the past decade sharpening our understanding of how electoral systems fundamentally shape the connections among citizens, government, and policy. This volume provides an in-depth exploration of the origins and effects of electoral systems.

Governing Women

Governing Women
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781135911072
ISBN-13 : 113591107X
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Governing Women by : Anne Marie Goetz

Using case studies from around the world, this volume argues that good governance from a gender perspective requires more than just additional women in politics: it requires fundamental incentive changes to orient public action and policy to support gender equality.