The Palgrave Handbook of Women's Political Rights

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Franceschet, Susan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Krook, Mona Lena (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tan, Netina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Gender and Politics,
• Θέματα: Identity politics.; Democracy.; Comparative politics.; World politics.; Women.; Social history.; Politics and Gender.; Comparative Politics.; Political History.; Women's Studies.; Social History.

This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women's political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women's right to vote and women's right to run for political office. This dual focus makes this the first book to combine historical overviews of de...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Global Patterns and Debates in the Granting of Women's Suffrage
• 2. Gender and Electoral Behavior
• 3. The Political Representation of Women Over Time
• 4. The Impact of Women in Parliament
• 5. New Horizons in Women's Political Rights
• 6. Chile: Women's Suffrage and Political Participation, 1935-2015
• 7. Colombia: Civil Conflict, Violence, and Women's Political Participation
• 8. Mexico: The Long Road to Women's Suffrage
• 9. New Zealand: A Country of Firsts in Women's Political Rights
• 10. Finland: Suffrage, Nation, and Political Mobilization
• 11. Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Women's Political Participation
• 12. Canada: Uneven Paths to Suffrage and Women's Electoral Participation
• 13. Afghanistan: Uphill Challenges for Women's Political Rights
• 14. Kuwait: Why Did Women's Suffrage Take So Long?
• 15. Morocco: Ongoing Struggle for More Representation
• 16. Turkey: From Symbols to Actors in the Struggle for Political Rights
• 17. Kenya: Women's Suffrage and Political Participation as Voters
• 18. Nigeria: Women's Suffrage, Change, and Continuities in Political Participation
• 19. Cameroon: Early Mobilization and Limited Impact of Women's Suffrage
• 20. Zimbabwe: Women's Mass Movement and Violence
• 21. China: Women's Political Rights Advocacy
• 22. Indonesia: Local Advocacy for Suffrage
• 23. Malaysia: Middle-Equality Trap
• 24. Sri Lanka: Struggle for Franchise
• 25. Czech Republic: Nationalism, Suffrage, and Political Participation
• 26. Russia: The Great War and Women's Political Rights
• 27. Bolivia: Parity, Empowerment, and Institutional Change
• 28. Cuba: Women's Complicated Political Participation and Representation
• 29. Uruguay: Slow Progress in Women's Political Representation
• 30. United States: Gendered Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes
• 31. Sweden: An Incremental Process
• 32. France: The Republic Tested by Parity
• 33. Australia: Uneven Progress toward Equality in Women's Political Rights
• 34. Jordan: Quotas and Change in Women's Political Representation
• 35. Tunisia: Changing Patterns of Women's Representation
• 36. Israel: A Century of Political Involvement
• 37. Mauritius: Still a Long Journey Ahead
• 38. Rwanda: Women's Political Representation and Its Consequences
• 39. Uganda: Achievements and Challenges for Women in Elected Office
• 40. Niger: Patterns of Women's Political Presence Since Independence
• 41. Ghana: Stalled Patterns of Women's Parliamentary Representation
• 42. South Korea: Women's Political Representation
• 43. Taiwan: Asia's Exception
• 44. Myanmar: Women's Political Life
• 45. India: A Contradictory Record
• 46. Poland: Regime Transformation and Women's Political Representation
• 47. Slovenia: From Socialist Legacies to Legislative Gender Quotas
• 48. Mongolia: Transformation of Women's Representation
• 49. Armenia: Persistent Gender Stereotypes.