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Quotas for Women in Politics: Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide
Krook, Mona Lena (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis)
Quotas for Women in Politics: Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide
Krook, Mona Lena (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis)
In recent years, parties and legislatures in more than 100 countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office. This book addresses quotas as a global phenomenon and develops a framework for explaining their adoption and mixed effects on the numbers of women elected.
302 pages, numerous tables
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 23, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780195375671 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 234 × 155 × 28 mm · 558 g |