The first book-length treatment of the political representation
of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the
Westminster model.
Written by a major international team of authors, this new study
features twelve chapters on both new and established parliaments,
including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It
tests the latest theories about women's political representation
within Westminster style assemblies and is organized into three key
sections that:
- examine the extent to which the descriptive representation of
women in the 'old' Westminster parliaments has progressed in recent
years, and the factors which have enhanced or impeded
development.
- explore the relationship between the numbers of women elected
and the substantive representation of women - or the extent that
women 'act for' women.
- review the recent experiences of four 'new' Westminster
parliaments (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Nunavut) and
evaluate the political opportunities for women provided by the
creation of new institutions.
This new comparative study will be of great interest to students
and researchers of legislative studies and of gender politics and
gender studies.
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