Gender, Institutions and Political Representation: Reproducing Male Dominance in Europe's New Democracies

ISBN-13: 9781137011763 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Cristina Chiva

Opis

This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the region.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Establishing Male Dominance: Descriptive, Substantive and Symbolic Representation.- Candidate Selection and Male Dominance in Europe’s New Democracies.- Reproducing Male Dominance: the Role of Incumbency.- Reproducing Male Dominance: the Role of Electoral Systems.- Reproducing Male Dominance: Asymmetric Institutionalisation in New Democracies.- Breaking Male Dominance: Institutional Change and Political Representation.-  Conclusions.

O autorze

Dr Cristina Chiva is Lecturer in European Union Politics at the University of Salford Manchester, UK.