Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments : Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe - Kittilson, Miki Caul.; Project Muse. (Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2006)
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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Keywords: 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; Europäische Union; Electronic books