This comparative study of electoral procedures, trends, and key issues is the first to deal with the representation of women and minorities around the world. Wilma Rule and Joseph Zimmerman have brought together an international team of scholars who show why there is gross underrepresentation of women and minorities internationally and who analyze the cultural, socio-economic, and political barriers to their future electoral successes. The scholars describe the current situation in 20 countries in various regions and point to ways for women and minorities to enhance positions politically. This text is intended for courses in comparative politics, political parties and elections, women in politics, and minority politics.
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"Institutions count! This pathbreaking pioneering collection demonstrates... that institutions and electoral procedures matter for the quality and quantity of balanced political representation....[E]specially useful for those schooled in the parochialism of American politics, wherein representative institutions are frequently viewed as a given."-Kathleen Staudt Professor of Political Science The University of Texas at ElPaso
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This first study of the representation of women and minorities in 20 countries around the world by an international team of scholars analyzes the current problems and suggests ways for them to enhance their positions politically.
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This important series of studies show how a nation's voting system affects the opportunity for women and minorities to be elected to public office. The research covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, Latin America and the United States.
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The approach of the twenty-first century finds women and most minority groups grossly underrepresented in elective offices throughout the world because of cultural, legal, and political barriers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Costa Rica, Supreme Soviet, New Zealand, House of Representatives, Wilma Rule, South Africa, Arend Lijphart, New Haven, Constituent Assembly, Labour Party, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, Yale University Press, Avraham Brichta, Fanny Tabak, House of Councillors, Western Australia, Latin America, Ministry of Interior, South Australia, Twenty-Three Democracies, World War New!
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The approach of the twenty-first century finds women and most minority groups grossly underrepresented in elective offices throughout the world because of cultural, legal, and political barriers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Costa Rica, Supreme Soviet, New Zealand, House of Representatives, Wilma Rule, South Africa, Arend Lijphart, New Haven, Constituent Assembly, Labour Party, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United Nations, Yale University Press, Avraham Brichta, Fanny Tabak, House of Councillors, Western Australia, Latin America, Ministry of Interior, South Australia, Twenty-Three Democracies, World War New!
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- United States Electoral Systems: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Contributions in Political Science) by Wilma Rule on 10 pages
- Women, Elections, and Representation (Second Edition, Revised) (Women and Politics) by R. Darcy on 5 pages
- The American Woman 1988-89 by Women's Research and Education Institute on 4 pages
- Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences (Agathon Series on Representation) by Bernard Grofman on 4 pages
- Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems by Professor Rein Taagepera on 4 pages
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- Russian Women in Politics and Society (Contributions in Women's Studies) by Norma Corigliano Noonan on 4 pages
- Women and Political Power: Europe since 1945 (The Making of the Contemporary World) by Simon Henig on page 113, page 116, and page 120
- Women and Political Power: Europe since 1945 (The Making of the Contemporary World) by Simon Henig in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Voting Rights and Redistricting in the United States (Contributions in Political Science) by Mark E. Rush in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback Into a New Vision of Social Justice by Lani Guinier in Back Matter
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