| Description |
xxiii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Gender and politics
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Gender and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Women -- Political activity -- Europe, Eastern.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Women -- Political activity -- Europe, Central.
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Central Europe. |
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Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1989- |
| Subject |
Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Women -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Europe, Central -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Matland, Richard E.
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Montgomery, Kathleen A.
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| ISBN |
0199246858 alkaline paper |
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0199246866 paperback alkaline paper |
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