[Gesth-l] FW: Women, Quotas and Politics

[Borgos Anna]

>Women, Quotas and Politics
>Edited by Drude Dahlerup, University of Stockholm, Sweden
>Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
>
>
>New Book: In this, the first world-wide study of the use of gender quotas 
>in
>politics we ask:  When do quotas empower women, and when are they just a
>symbolic gesture?
>
>What type of gender quotas to introduce? In this, the first world-wide,
>comparative study of gender quotas in public elections, written by
>researchers from all major regions of the world, we compare the many
>different types of gender quotas, scrutinizing under what circumstances
>gender quotas do increase women's representation - and why they sometimes
>fail. Thus the book presents a comprehensive overview of changes in women's
>parliamentary representation across the world.
>
>Using a comparative perspective, the book gives an overview over various
>types of quotas in use from candidate quotas to reserved seat systems, and
>it throws light over the troublesome implementation process. It also
>contains analyses of the discursive controversies around quotas - are 
>quotas
>discrimination of men or compensation for past and future discrimination
>against women?
>
>The book covers almost all major regions of the world: Latin America,
>Africa, the Arab world, South Asia, the Balkans, The Nordic countries and
>Europe, New Zealand, Australia and the U.S.A. The book also includes case
>studies on Iran, East Timor and Afghanistan, on Indonesia and on quotas in
>the IPU.
>

>2006: 304pp. Ł65.00
>
>
>Contents and contributors
>
>Part I. Introductory chapters
>1. Introduction
>Drude Dahlerup
>
>2. Arguing for and against quotas: theoretical issues
>Carol Bacchi
>
>Part II. Regional chapters
>3. The Nordic Countries: An incremental model
>&Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie
>
>4. Latin America: The experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America
>Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García
>
>5. Sub-Saharan Africa: On the Fast Track to Women's Political 
>Representation
>Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna
>
>6. The Balkans: From total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas
>Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar
>
>7. The Arab Region: Women's Access to the Decision-Making Process Across 
>the
>Arab Nation
>Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied
>
>8. Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand: Gender Quotas
>in the Context of Citizenship Models
>Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires
>
>9. South Asia: Gender Quotas and the Politics of Empowerment : A 
>comparative
>study
>Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty
>
>Part III. Short case studies
>10. Gender Quotas in Post-Conflict States: East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq
>Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup
>
>11. Indonesia: The struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim
>country Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda
>
>12. Affirmative action at the IPU
>Kareen Jabre
>
>Part IV. Concluding chapters
>13. Electoral Quotas: Frequency and Effectiveness
>Richard E. Matland
>
>14. Conclusion
>Drude Dahlerup
>
>
>Without peace, development is impossible, and without women, neither peace
>nor development can take place.
>
>The Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) empowers women world-wide through
>gender-sensitive nonviolence training and education.
>
>WPP is a program of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR).
>Founded in 1919, IFOR is an inter-faith movement committed to active
>nonviolence, with branches and affiliates in 43 countries.
>
>IFOR has consultative status at the United Nations (ECOSOC) and has 
>included
>six Nobel Peace Prize Laureates among its members.
>
>
>International Fellowship Of Reconciliation
>Women Peacemakers Program
>
>Spoorstraat 38
>1815 BK Alkmaar
>The Netherlands / Pays-Bas
>tel +31 (0)72 512 3014
>
>fax +31 (0)72 515 1102
>www.ifor.org
>www.ifor.org/WPP

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