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Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from six country
studies, Gendered Electoral Financing: Money, Power and
Representation in Comparative Perspective is the first
cross-regional examination of the nexus between money, gender and
political recruitment across the world. Money is assumingly one of
the greatest barriers to women in the political recruitment
process. The financial disadvantage of women is expected to
constitute an obstacle for women's entry into politics everywhere
and especially in developing countries where women's socio-economic
status is disproportionately low relative to men's. This line of
reasoning has caused a global upswing in both candidate- and
party-directed financial schemes introduced to enhance gender
balance in political office. This book develops a typology of
different kinds of gendered electoral financing schemes and builds
theories about its causes and consequences. By comparing how
gendered electoral financing affects political recruitment
processes in both established and emerging democracies, the authors
identify whether and how the funding mechanisms incentivize a shift
in political behavior. Gendered Electoral Financing is a timely,
informative and well-written book that does an excellent job of
explaining, in language accessible to students and researchers
alike, the cost of elections, gender imbalance in political office
and the effects of financial incentive mechanisms to increase
women's representation in politics.
Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from six country
studies, Gendered Electoral Financing: Money, Power and
Representation in Comparative Perspective is the first
cross-regional examination of the nexus between money, gender and
political recruitment across the world. Money is assumingly one of
the greatest barriers to women in the political recruitment
process. The financial disadvantage of women is expected to
constitute an obstacle for women's entry into politics everywhere
and especially in developing countries where women's socio-economic
status is disproportionately low relative to men's. This line of
reasoning has caused a global upswing in both candidate- and
party-directed financial schemes introduced to enhance gender
balance in political office. This book develops a typology of
different kinds of gendered electoral financing schemes and builds
theories about its causes and consequences. By comparing how
gendered electoral financing affects political recruitment
processes in both established and emerging democracies, the authors
identify whether and how the funding mechanisms incentivize a shift
in political behavior. Gendered Electoral Financing is a timely,
informative and well-written book that does an excellent job of
explaining, in language accessible to students and researchers
alike, the cost of elections, gender imbalance in political office
and the effects of financial incentive mechanisms to increase
women's representation in politics.
This examination of the role of gender stereotyping in media
coverage of executive elections uses nine case studies from around
the world to provide a unique comparative perspective. In recent
years, more and more high-profile women candidates have been
running for executive office in democracies all around the world.
Cracking the Highest Glass Ceiling: A Global Comparison of Women's
Campaigns for Executive Office is the first study to undertake an
international comparison of women's campaigns for highest office
and to identify the commonalities among them. For example, women
candidates often begin as front-runners as the idea of a woman
president captures the public imagination, followed by a decline in
popularity as stereotypes and gendered media coverage kick in to
erode the woman's perceived credibility as a national leader. On
the basis of nine international case studies of recent campaigns
written by thirteen country specialists, the volume develops an
overarching framework which explores how gender stereotypes shape
the course and outcome of women's campaigns in the male-dominated
worlds of executive elections in North America, South America,
Europe, Africa, and Australasia. This comparative approach allows
the authors to discriminate between the contingent effects of a
particular candidate or national culture and the universal
operation of gender stereotyping. Case studies include the
campaigns for executive office of Hillary Rodham Clinton (United
States, 2008), Sarah Palin (United States, 2008), Angela Merkel
(Germany, 2005 and 2009), Ségolène Royal (France, 2007), Helen
Clark (New Zealand, 1996-2008), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
(Argentina, 2007), Michelle Bachelet (Chile, 2006), Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf (Liberia, 2005), and Irene Sáez (Venezuela, 1998).
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