TY - BOOK AU - Kittilson,Miki Caul ED - Project Muse. TI - Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments : : Women and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe / T2 - Parliaments and legislatures SN - 9780814272565 PY - 2006/// CY - Columbus PB - Ohio State University Press KW - Europäische Union KW - gnd KW - Partei KW - Politik KW - Frau KW - Women KW - Political activity KW - fast KW - Women legislators KW - Political parties KW - Femmes KW - Activite politique KW - Pays de l'Union europeenne KW - Partis politiques KW - Femmes parlementaires KW - Femmes en politique KW - European Union countries KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28179/ ER -