Gender Quotas and Women's Representation
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Electoral gender quotas have emerged as one of the most critical political reforms of the last two decades, having now been introduced in more than 130 countries worldwide. This volume maps new directions in research on gender quotas and political representation, seeking to better understand the emergence and impact of one of the critical political reforms globally of the last two decades. The topics considered include new paths to adoption, as well as changes in the dynamics of candidate selection, the status and role of women in legislative institutions, and the impact that women have on…mehr

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Electoral gender quotas have emerged as one of the most critical political reforms of the last two decades, having now been introduced in more than 130 countries worldwide. This volume maps new directions in research on gender quotas and political representation, seeking to better understand the emergence and impact of one of the critical political reforms globally of the last two decades. The topics considered include new paths to adoption, as well as changes in the dynamics of candidate selection, the status and role of women in legislative institutions, and the impact that women have on policy-making. This book was originally published as a special issue of Representation.
Autorenporträt
Mona Lena Krook is Associate Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. She is the author of Quotas for Women in Politics: Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide (2009) and co-editor of The Impact of Gender Quotas (2012). Pär Zetterberg is Researcher in the Department of Government at Uppsala University, Sweden. His research focuses on political recruitment and political representation in comparative perspective, especially in Latin America, with a particular emphasis on the potential for gender quotas to remedy inequalities in politics.