Gender, Institutions and Political Representation
ISBN:
9781137011763
Auflage:
1st ed. 2018
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.12.2017
Reihe:
Gender and Politics
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
208
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This book 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. The author covers six EU member states – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia – during the period 1990-2016. The book will be of use to students and scholars in the fields of Comparative Politics, Democracy and Democratization, European Studies, Gender Studies, Post-Communist Studies, and Central and Eastern European Studies.
Schlagwörter
Central and Eastern European politics
gender and politics in Poland
electoral systems and gender balance
politics and feminism
gender and canditate selection
gender studies in Eastern Europe
gender studies in Central Europe
Democracy and Democratization in Eastern Europe
gender and politics in Slovakia
gender and politics in Romania
gender and politics in Hungary
gender and politics in the Czech Republic
gender and politics in Bulgaria
male dominance in European politics
women in post-communist politics
political representation of women in Europe
gender and instituions in Europe
Biografische Anmerkung
Dr Cristina Chiva is Lecturer in European Union Politics at the University of Salford Manchester, UK.
