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Electoral systems in comparative perspective : their impact on women and minorities

Author: Wilma Rule; Joseph Francis Zimmerman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994.
Series: Contributions in political science, no. 338.
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Cross-cultural studies
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Electoral systems in comparative perspective.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994
(OCoLC)622379957
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Wilma Rule; Joseph Francis Zimmerman
ISBN: 0313286337 9780313286339
OCLC Number: 28586777
Description: xi, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Pt. I. The Underrepresentation Problem. 1. Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities / Joseph F. Zimmerman. 2. Parliaments of, by, and for the People: Except for Women? / Wilma Rule. 3. Minorities Represented and Unrepresented / Matthew S. Shugart --
Pt. II. Europe and the United States. 4. Comparing Political Opportunities in Great Britain and Ireland / Enid Lakeman. 5. Norway: Achieving World-Record Women's Representation in Government / Jill M. Bystydzienski. 6. The German Electoral System: A Barrier to Women? / Beate Hoecker. 7. The Impact of the French Electoral System on Women and Minorities / Miriam Feldblum and Kay Lawson. 8. Soviet Political Arrangements: The Representation of Women and Nationalities / Carol Nechemias. 9. The Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in Elective Office in the United States / Joseph F. Zimmerman --
Pt. III. The Middle East and Africa. 10. The Extent of the Impact of the Electoral System upon the Representation of Women in the Knesset / Avraham Brichta and Yael Brichta. 11. Women and Electoral Politics in Arab States / Asad AbuKhalil. 12. Namibia: The Last African Colony's First Election / P. J. J. S. Potgieter --
Pt. IV. Asia. 13. "Woman Power" in Japan's 1989 Upper House Election / Theodore McNelly. 14. Electoral Systems and Women's Representation in Taiwan: The Impact of the Reserved-Seat System / Bih-Er Chou and Janet Clark. 15. Women in the South Korean Electoral System / R. Darcy and Chong-Min Hyun. 16. The Impact of the Philippine Electoral System on Women and Minorities / Linda K. Richter --
Pt. V. Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. 17. Argentina: The (No) Ceteris Paribus Case / N. Guillermo Molinelli. 18. Women and Politics in Brazil: Legislative Elections / Fanny Tabak. 19. The Representation of Women and Minorities in the National Legislatures of Costa Rica and Nicaragua / Michelle A. Saint-Germain. 20. Representation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Parliaments of Australia and New Zealand / Joan Rydon --
Pt. VI. Enhancing the Election Prospects of Women and Minorities. 21. Beating the Law of Minority Attrition / Rein Taagepera.
Series Title: Contributions in political science, no. 338.
Responsibility: edited by Wilma Rule and Joseph F. Zimmerman.

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