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...
The first book-length treatment of the political representation of women in countries with parliamentary systems based on the Westminster model.
Wherever possible in this monograph I have referred to English trans- lations of works originally appearing in other languages. Where this has not been possible, for example with Russian material, I have followed the Library of Congress system of transliteration, but omitted the diacritics. I have also retained the conventional use of 'y' for the ending of certain Russian proper names (e.g., Trotsky not Trotskii). In accordance with the policy of using existing English translations, I have referred to the Martin Nicolaus translation of Marx's Grundrisse, which is relatively faithful to the...
Wherever possible in this monograph I have referred to English trans- lations of works originally appearing in other languages. Where this has not bee...
Around the world there is a widespread view that women s movements are a thing of the past. In many Western countries, the movement is much less visible and influential today than it was during the heyday of the 1970s second wave, with smaller numbers attending protest events and a far less obvious femocrat presence in government.
Understanding the legacies of the women s movement lends insight to how women everywhere might organise for the political challenges of the future. This book argues and demonstrates that the women s movement is still alive if not quite kicking. It explores the...
Around the world there is a widespread view that women s movements are a thing of the past. In many Western countries, the movement is much less vi...
The death of feminism is regularly proclaimed in the West. Yet at the same time feminism has never had such an extensive presence, whether in international norms and institutions, or online in blogs and social networking campaigns. This book argues that the women's movement is not over; but rather social movement theory has led us to look in the wrong places.
This book offers both methodological and theoretical innovations in the study of social movements, and analyses how the trajectories of protest activity and institution-building fit together. The rich empirical study, together...
The death of feminism is regularly proclaimed in the West. Yet at the same time feminism has never had such an extensive presence, whether in inter...
In this book, leading gender scholars survey the contribution of feminist scholarship to new norms and knowledge in diverse areas of political science and related political practice.
In this book, leading gender scholars survey the contribution of feminist scholarship to new norms and knowledge in diverse areas of political science...
