Women, quotas and politics / 
edited by Drude Dahlerup. 
 - [1st ed.]. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2007. 
 - xii, 312 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge research in comparative politics ;  10 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / Drude Dahlerup -- Arguing for and against quotas : theoretical issues / Carol Bacchi -- The Nordic countries : an incremental model / Lenita Freidenvall, Drude Dahlerup and Hege Skjeie -- Latin America : the experience and the impact of quotas in Latin America / Clara Araújo and Ana Isabel García -- Sub-Saharan Africa : on the fast track to women's political representation / Aili Tripp, Dior Konate and Colleen Lowe-Morna -- The Balkans : from total rejection to gradual acceptance of gender quotas / Milica G. Antic and Sonja Lokar -- The Arab Region : women's access to the decision-making process across the Arab Nation / Gihan Abou-Zeid with the assistance of Dina Obied -- Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand : gender quotas in the context of citizenship models / Mona Lena Krook, Joni Lovenduski and Judith Squires -- South Asia : gender quotas and the politics of empowerment : a comparative study / Shirin M. Rai, Farzana Bari, Nazmunnessa Mahtab and Bidyut Mohanty -- Gender quotas in post-conflict states : East Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq / Julie Ballington and Drude Dahlerup -- Indonesia : the struggle for gender quotas in the world's largest Muslim country / Cecilia Bylesjö and Francisia SSE Seda -- Affirmative action at the IPU / Kareen Jabre -- Electoral quotas : frequency and effectiveness / Richard E. Matland -- Conclusion / Drude Dahlerup. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415375495 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005012587 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA562603  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013261063  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women--Political activity--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Women--Suffrage--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Political participation--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Representative government and representation--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Elections--Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Democracy--Cross-cultural studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1236  / .W642 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.082