Kittilson, Miki Caul. <br/><br/>
Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments :   Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe /  
Miki Caul Kittilson. 
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 - Parliaments and legislatures .
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<br/><br/>Women, parties, and political power -- Opportunity structures: the key to womens access -- Change from the inside out: women in party leadership -- Rule changes to increase womens parliamentary presence: the diffusion of candidate gender quotas -- Britain: women, parties, and the House of Commons -- Germany: women, parties, and the Bundestag -- Finland: women, parties, and the Eduskunta -- Increasing access to parliaments: a model for change -- Conclusions: implications for party theory and underrepresented groups -- Afterword: women and parties navigate in a new era, 19982004 -- Appendix A List of sources for party variables used in the study -- Appendix B List of sources for survey data. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814272565 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Europäische Union
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Partei<br/>Politik<br/>Frau<br/>Women--Political activity.<br/>Women legislators.<br/>Political parties.<br/>Femmes--Activite politique--Pays de l'Union europeenne.<br/>Partis politiques--Pays de l'Union europeenne.<br/>Femmes parlementaires--Pays de l'Union europeenne.<br/>Femmes en politique--Pays de l'Union europeenne.<br/>Political parties--European Union countries.<br/>Women legislators--European Union countries.<br/>Women--Political activity--European Union countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>European Union countries.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.