The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political RightsSusan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook, Netina Tan 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 debates about enfranchising women alongside analyses of more contemporary efforts to increase women’s political representation around the globe. Chapter authors map and assess the impact of these groundbreaking reforms, providing insight into these dynamics in a wide array of countries where women’s suffrage and representation have taken different paths and led to varying degrees of transformation. On the eve of many countries celebrating a century of women’s suffrage, as well as record numbers of women elected and appointed to political office, this timely volume offers an important introduction to ongoing developments related to women’s political empowerment worldwide. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the fields of gender and politics, women’s studies, history and sociology. |
Contents
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Chapter 4 The Impact of Women in Parliament | 53 |
Chapter 5 New Horizons in Womens Political Rights | 73 |
Part II Suffrage and Political Participation | 82 |
Chapter 6 Chile Womens Suffrage and Political Participation 19352015 | 85 |
Chapter 26 Russia The Great War and Womens Political Rights | 375 |
Part III Eligibility and Political Representation | 390 |
Chapter 27 Bolivia Parity Empowerment and Institutional Change | 391 |
Chapter 28 Cuba Womens Complicated Political Participation and Representation | 405 |
Chapter 29 Uruguay Slow Progress in Womens Political Representation | 420 |
Chapter 30 United States Gendered Institutions Processes and Outcomes | 437 |
Chapter 31 Sweden An Incremental Process | 454 |
Chapter 32 France The Republic Tested by Parity | 467 |
Chapter 7 Colombia Civil Conflict Violence and Womens Political Participation | 100 |
Chapter 8 Mexico The Long Road to Womens Suffrage | 115 |
Chapter 9 New Zealand A Country of Firsts in Womens Political Rights | 129 |
Chapter 10 Finland Suffrage Nation and Political Mobilization | 143 |
Chapter 11 Switzerland Direct Democracy and Womens Political Participation | 155 |
Chapter 12 Canada Uneven Paths to Suffrage and Womens Electoral Participation | 168 |
Chapter 13 Afghanistan Uphill Challenges for Womens Political Rights | 185 |
Chapter 14 Kuwait Why Did Womens Suffrage Take So Long? | 201 |
Chapter 15 Morocco Ongoing Struggle for More Representation | 213 |
Chapter 16 Turkey From Symbols to Actors in the Struggle for Womens Political Rights | 227 |
Chapter 17 Kenya Womens Suffrage and Political Participation as Voters | 242 |
Chapter 18 Nigeria Womens Suffrage Change and Continuities in Political Participation | 257 |
Chapter 19 Cameroon Early Mobilization and Limited Impact of Womens Suffrage | 275 |
Chapter 20 Zimbabwe Womens Mass Movement and Violence | 289 |
Chapter 21 China Womens Rights Advocacy | 300 |
Chapter 22 Indonesia Local Advocacy for Suffrage | 317 |
Chapter 23 Malaysia MiddleEquality Trap | 331 |
Chapter 24 Sri Lanka Struggle for Franchise | 348 |
Chapter 25 Czech Republic Nationalism Suffrage and Political Participation | 363 |
Chapter 33 Australia The Slow Road to Parliament | 483 |
Chapter 34 Jordan Quotas and Change in Womens Political Representation | 503 |
Chapter 35 Tunisia Changing Patterns of Womens Representation | 516 |
Chapter 36 Israel A Century of Political Involvement | 531 |
Chapter 37 Mauritius Still a Long Journey Ahead | 547 |
Chapter 38 Rwanda Womens Political Representation and Its Consequences | 563 |
Chapter 39 Uganda Achievements and Challenges for Women in Elected Office | 577 |
Chapter 40 Niger Patterns of Womens Political Presence Since Independence | 591 |
Chapter 41 Ghana Stalled Patterns of Womens Parliamentary Representation | 606 |
Chapter 42 South Korea Womens Political Representation | 627 |
Chapter 43 Taiwan Asias Exception | 641 |
Chapter 44 Myanmar Womens Political Life | 657 |
Chapter 45 India A Contradictory Record | 673 |
Chapter 46 Poland Regime Transformation and Womens Political Representation | 689 |
Chapter 47 Slovenia From Socialist Legacies to Legislative Gender Quotas | 699 |
Chapter 48 Mongolia Transformation of Womens Representation | 712 |
Chapter 49 Armenia Persistent Gender Stereotypes | 729 |
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