Linda Trimble, Jane Arscott, Manon Tremblay

Stalled

The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments
Herausgeber: Trimble, Linda

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Produktbeschreibung

Following significant increases in women's electoral representation in the 1980s and '90s, progress has stalled. Despite some high-profile successes at the provincial level, there are now only a few more women in Canada's parliament and legislatures than a decade ago. What has happened to the representational gains for women and why does gender parity remain so elusive? To answer these questions, Stalled provides a provides a detailed roadmap of women's political representation as candidates, office-holders, cabinet ministers, party leaders, and as representatives of the Crown at all levels of government across Canada. Prospects for gender parity in political office are assessed in each jurisdiction and institution. Explanations are re-examined and analyzed using data from across the country. The representation of women in elected and appointed offices is an important indicator of both gender equality and the overall health of democratic governance. By this measure Canada continues to fall short.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780774825214
• ISBN-10: 0774825219
• Artikelnr.: 40054615

Autorenporträt

Linda Trimble is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Alberta. Jane Arscott is an associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Athabasca University. Manon Tremblay is a professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Contributors: Sylvia Bashevkin, Loleen Berdahl, Amanda Bittner, Naomi Black, Louise Carbert, John Crossley, Joanna Everitt, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Anne Mévellec, Stephanie Mullen, Brenda O'Neill, Jocelyne Praud, Tracey Raney, Shannon Sampert, Graham White, Lisa Young

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Women, Power, Politics: Surveying the Canadian Landscape /
Sylvia Bashevkin
Introduction: The Road to Gender Parity / Manon Tremblay, Jane Arscott, and
Linda Trimble
1 Truly More Accessible to Women than the Legislature? Women in Municipal
Politics / Manon Tremblay and Anne Mévellec
2 The Alberta Advantage? Women in Alberta Politics / Brenda O'Neill
3 When Numerical Gains Are Not Enough: Women in British Columbia Politics /
Jocelyne Praud
4 Complacency and Gender Silence: Women in Manitoba Politics / Shannon
Sampert
5 A Province at the Back of the Pack: Women in New Brunswick Politics /
Joanna Everitt
6 A Laggard No More? Women in Newfoundland and Labrador Politics / Amanda
Bittner and Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
7 Electoral Breakthrough: Women in Nova Scotia Politics / Louise Carbert
and Naomi Black
8 Breaking the Holding Pattern? Women in Ontario Politics / Tracey Raney
9 Getting Women's Names on the Ballot: Women in Prince  Edward Island
Politics / John Crossley
10 Hitting a Glass Ceiling? Women in Quebec Politics / Manon Tremblay
11 A Prairie Plateau: Women in Saskatchewan Politics / Loleen Berdahl
12 In the Presence of Northern Aboriginal Women? Women in Territorial
Politics / Graham White
13 Slow to Change: Women in the House of Commons / Lisa Young
14 "Way Past That Era Now?" Women in the Canadian Senate / Stephanie
Mullen, with the collaboration of Manon Tremblay and Linda Trimble
Conclusion: A Few More Women / Linda Trimble, Manon Tremblay, and Jane
Arscott
Index