Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments : Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe /
Miki Caul Kittilson.
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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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Europäische Union
Partei Politik Frau Women--Political activity. Women legislators. Political parties. Femmes--Activite politique--Pays de l'Union europeenne. Partis politiques--Pays de l'Union europeenne. Femmes parlementaires--Pays de l'Union europeenne. Femmes en politique--Pays de l'Union europeenne. Political parties--European Union countries. Women legislators--European Union countries. Women--Political activity--European Union countries.