Gender, institutions and political representation : reproducing male dominance in Europe's new democracies
Cristina Chiva (Author)
Traces the struggles over the institutions of political representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the factors that have held women back over the post-communist period, as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the region. Post-communist Europe has long raised two puzzles for scholars of women's representation in politics. First, why have women been under-represented in politics in every country in the region since communism's collapse? Secondly, why are there relatively few cases where women's advocates have been successful in pressing for change? This comparative study of Europe's new democracies argues that these puzzles are best understood as questions about male dominance - that is, about the mechanisms that sustain, or, alternatively, change long-established patterns of male over-representation in politics over time
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations
9781137011770, 1137011777
1013824217
Introduction
Establishing Male Dominance: Descriptive, Substantive and Symbolic Representation
Candidate Selection and Male Dominance in Europe's New Democracies
Reproducing Male Dominance: the Role of Incumbency
Reproducing Male Dominance: the Role of Electoral Systems
Reproducing Male Dominance: Asymmetric Institutionalisation in New Democracies
Breaking Male Dominance: Institutional Change and Political Representation
Conclusions
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