1st Edition
Gender Quotas and Women's Representation New Directions in Research
1. Introduction: Gender Quotas and Women’s Representation - New Directions in Research Mona Lena Krook and Pär Zetterberg
2. Quota Adoption and the Exogenous Track Model: The Parity Laws in the French Pacific Collectivities Kerryn Baker
3. Why are Representational Guarantees Adopted for Women and Minorities? Comparing Constituency Formation and Electoral Quota Design within Countries Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg
4. Federalism and Gender Quotas in Mexico: Analysing Propietario and Suplente Nominations Fernanda Vidal Correa
5. Gender Quotas and ‘Women-Friendly’ Candidate Selection: Evidence from Belgium Audrey Vandeleene
6. The Effectiveness of Quotas: Vertical and Horizontal Discrimination in Spain Pablo Oñate
7. Tracing Gender Differences in Parliamentary Debates: A Growth Curve Analysis of Ugandan Mps’ Activity Levels in Plenary Sessions, 1998-2008 Vibeke Wang
8. Present without Presence? Gender, Quotas and Debate Recognition in the Ugandan Parliament Amanda Clayton, Cecilia Josefsson and Vibeke Wang
9. Alternatives to Gender Quotas: Electoral Financing of Women Candidates In Malawi Happy M. Kayuni and Ragnhild L. Muriaas
Biography
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.
