Overview
- Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the political representation of women in Central and Eastern Europe
- Provides a comparative analysis of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
- Asks why women have been unsuccessful both in political respresentation and pressing for change in post-Communist countries
Part of the book series: Gender and Politics (GAP)
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Table of contents(8 chapters)
Keywords
- gender and instituions in Europe
- political representation of women in Europe
- women in post-communist politics
- male dominance in European politics
- Central and Eastern European politics
- gender and politics in Bulgaria
- gender and politics in the Czech Republic
- gender and politics in Hungary
- gender and politics in Poland
- gender and politics in Romania
- gender and politics in Slovakia
- Comparative Politics
- Democracy and Democratization in Eastern Europe
- gender studies in Central Europe
- gender studies in Eastern Europe
- gender and canditate selection
- politics and feminism
- electoral systems and gender balance
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Politics and Contemporary History, University of Salford Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Cristina Chiva
About the author
Dr Cristina Chiva is Lecturer in European Union Politics at the University of Salford Manchester, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender, Institutions and Political Representation
Book Subtitle: Reproducing Male Dominance in Europe’s New Democracies
Authors: Cristina Chiva
Series Title: Gender and Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-01177-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-01176-3Published: 04 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-01177-0Published: 21 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-5814
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5822
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 208
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Politics and Gender, Comparative Politics