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Women and Representation in Local Government
This volume brings together international experts to examine and compare women in local government and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.
Gender Equality and Public Policy
This book offers a comprehensive and in-depth overview of how public policy is shaping gender equality in Europe.
Transforming Gender Citizenship
Explains the adoption, diffusion of, and resistance to gender quotas in politics, corporate boards and public administration across Europe.
Military Courts, Civil-military Relations, and the Legal Battle for Democracy
"The interaction between military and civilian courts, the political power that legal prerogatives can provide to the armed forces, and the difficult process civilian politicians face in reforming military courts remain glaringly under-examined. This book fills a gap in existing scholarship by providing a theoretically rich, global examination of the operation and reform of military courts in democracies. Drawing on a newly-created global dataset, it examines trends across states and over time. Combined with deeper qualitative case studies, the book presents clear and well-justified findings that will be of interest to scholars and policymakers working in a variety of fields"--
The Gendered Effects of Electoral Institutions
The Comparative Politics Series is edited by Professor David M. Farrell, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin and Kenneth Carty, Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia.
Western Europe 2013
Western Europe is an annually updated presentation of each sovereign country in Western Europe, past and present.
Portugal in the Twenty-first Century
Portugal in the Twenty-First Century: Politics, Society, and Economics, edited by Sebastián Royo, reflects on the legacies of authoritarianism on the democratization process and addresses issues related to Portugal's integration into the European Union, with the perspective offered by its twenty-three years of membership. Portugal in the Twenty-First Century reflects on what has happened in the country and in Europe during the last three decades. The analysis is divided into two sections: political and sociological perspectives, and economic and social perspectives. The contributors identify basic changes in the economy and society of Portugal that occurred as a result of the democratizatio...
The Inclusion Calculation
What role do men play in women's political representation? When and why do they support more inclusivity for women in office? Given that all political parties today have men in a majority of leadership positions, male gatekeepers play a key part in women's representation. So, how are they responding to the increasing numbers of women who are seeking leadership roles in politics? In The Inclusion Calculation, Melody E. Valdini examines women's inclusion from the perspective of men in power and offers a novel approach to understanding differences in women's descriptive representation. This book argues that men facilitate women's entry into politics when women's presence promises to benefit pub...
