Kittilson, Miki Caul.

Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments : Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe / Miki Caul Kittilson. - 1 online resource (191 pages): illustrations - Parliaments and legislatures . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

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.


European Union countries.


Electronic books.