Contagious Representation: Women's Political Representation in Democracies aroun

Description: Contagious Representation by Frank C. Thames, Margaret S. Williams Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Women’s participation in parliaments, high courts, and executive offices worldwide has reached record high numbers, but this global increase in women’s representation masks significant variation among different democratic political systems. For example, in December of 2009, Rwanda’s legislature contained 56% women, while the U.S. Congress contained only about 17% and the Japanese Diet had only 11%. Since 2000, only twenty-seven women have achieved executive office worldwide. Contagious Representation is a comprehensive look at women’s participation in all aspects of public life in the main democratic political institutions—the executive, the judiciary, the legislature, and within political parties. Moving beyond studies of single countries and institutions, Contagious Representation presents original data from 159 democratic countries spanning 50 years, providing a comprehensive understanding of women in democracies worldwide. The first volume to offer an analysis on all avenues for women’s participation for such a lengthy time period, Contagious Representation examines not only the causes of women’s representation in the main democratic political institutions but also how women’s representation in one institution affects the others. Each chapter contains case studies and examples of the change in women’s participation over time from around the world. Thames and Williams definitively explain the rise, decline, or stagnant levels of women’s political participation, considering how representation is contagious across political institutions and gaining a better understanding of what factors affect women’s political participation. Publisher Description Womens participation in parliaments, high courts, and executiveoffices worldwide has reached record high numbers, but thisglobal increase in womens representation masks significant variationamong different democratic political systems. For example, inDecember of 2009, Rwandas legislature contained 56% women,while the U.S. Congress contained only about 17% and the JapaneseDiet had only 11%. Since 2000, only twenty-seven womenhave achieved executive office worldwide. Contagious Representationis a comprehensive look at womens participation in all aspectsof public life in the main democratic political institutions—the executive,the judiciary, the legislature, and within political parties.Moving beyond studies of single countries and institutions, ContagiousRepresentation presents original data from 159 democraticcountries spanning 50 years, providing a comprehensive understandingof women in democracies worldwide. The first volume tooffer an analysis on all avenues for womens participation for sucha lengthy time period, Contagious Representation examines notonly the causes of womens representation in the main democraticpolitical institutions but also how womens representation in oneinstitution affects the others. Each chapter contains case studiesand examples of the change in womens participation over timefrom around the world. Thames and Williams definitively explainthe rise, decline, or stagnant levels of womens political participation,considering how representation is contagious across politicalinstitutions and gaining a better understanding of what factors affectwomens political participation. Author Biography Frank C. Thames is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. Margaret S. Williams is Senior Research Associate at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, DC. Details ISBN 0814784461 ISBN-13 9780814784464 Title Contagious Representation Author Frank C. Thames, Margaret S. Williams Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 208 Publisher New York University Press GE_Item_ID:161716078; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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