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Women's access to political power in post-communist Europe / edited by Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gender and politicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 369 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1429421339
  • 9781429421331
  • 9780199246854
  • 0199246858
  • 9780191601965
  • 0191601969
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women's access to political power in post-communist Europe.DDC classification:
  • 320/.082/0947 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236 .W651717 2003eb
Other classification:
  • 89.54
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Contents:
Introduction / Kathleen a. Montgomery -- recruiting women in national legislatures: a general framework with applications to post-Communist democracies / Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery -- Popular support for electing women in Eastern Europe / Clyde Wilcox, Beth Stark, and Sue Thomas -- Women's representation in Germany: a comparison of East and West / Joanne Bay Brzinski -- Women in Lithuanian politics: from nomenklatura selection to representation / Algis Krupaviǐus and Irmina Matonytė -- Weak mobilization, hidden majoritarianism, and resurgence of the right: a recipe for female under-representation in Hungary / Kathleen A. Montgomery and Gabriella Ilonszki -- Women and political representation in contemporary Ukraine / Sarah Birch -- Electoral systems and women's representation: the strange case of Russia / Robert G. Moser -- Women in Russian regional assemblies: losing ground / Dawn Nowacki -- Establishing a machocracy: women and elections in Macedonia, 1990-8 / Karolina Ristova -- Women in the Polish Sejm: political culture and party politics versus electoral rules / Renata Siemieńska -- Czech political parties prefer male candidates to female votes / Steven Saxonberg -- Factors influencing women's presence in Slovene Parliament / Milica G. Antić -- Croatia's leap towards political equality: rules and players / Josip Glaurdic -- Women's legislative representation post-Communist Bulgaria / Tatiana Kostadinova -- Women's representation in post-Communist Europe / Richard E. Matland.
Summary: These essays examine women's political representation in Eastern Europe, particularly since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition to shedding light on the democratization of Eastern Europe, the volume explores a range of theories of democratic representation.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index.

Introduction / Kathleen a. Montgomery -- recruiting women in national legislatures: a general framework with applications to post-Communist democracies / Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery -- Popular support for electing women in Eastern Europe / Clyde Wilcox, Beth Stark, and Sue Thomas -- Women's representation in Germany: a comparison of East and West / Joanne Bay Brzinski -- Women in Lithuanian politics: from nomenklatura selection to representation / Algis Krupaviǐus and Irmina Matonytė -- Weak mobilization, hidden majoritarianism, and resurgence of the right: a recipe for female under-representation in Hungary / Kathleen A. Montgomery and Gabriella Ilonszki -- Women and political representation in contemporary Ukraine / Sarah Birch -- Electoral systems and women's representation: the strange case of Russia / Robert G. Moser -- Women in Russian regional assemblies: losing ground / Dawn Nowacki -- Establishing a machocracy: women and elections in Macedonia, 1990-8 / Karolina Ristova -- Women in the Polish Sejm: political culture and party politics versus electoral rules / Renata Siemieńska -- Czech political parties prefer male candidates to female votes / Steven Saxonberg -- Factors influencing women's presence in Slovene Parliament / Milica G. Antić -- Croatia's leap towards political equality: rules and players / Josip Glaurdic -- Women's legislative representation post-Communist Bulgaria / Tatiana Kostadinova -- Women's representation in post-Communist Europe / Richard E. Matland.

These essays examine women's political representation in Eastern Europe, particularly since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In addition to shedding light on the democratization of Eastern Europe, the volume explores a range of theories of democratic representation.

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