Women and representation in local government : international case studies / / edited by Barbara Pini and Paula McDonald

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809689803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-81522-8; 1-283-24193-5; 9786613241931; 0-203-82942-5; 1-136-81523-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
• Altri autori (Persone): McDonaldPaula; PiniBarbara
• Disciplina: 320.8082/0973; 320.80820973
• Soggetti: Leadership in women; Leadership in women --Case studies; Local government; Local government --Case studies; Women - Political activity; Women in public life; Women in public life --Case studies; Women --Political activity --Case studies; Gender & Ethnic Studies; Social Sciences; Gender Studies & Sexuality
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Women and Representation in Local Government International case studies; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Gender and municipal politics: problems, perspectives and possibilities; PART I Women's representation in local government: Facilitators and constraints; 2 ; Moving through the pipeline: women's representation in municipal government in the New England region of the United States; 3 Women in local assemblies - rare guests or (almost) equal partners? An analysis of the causes of women's under-representation in the German county councils; PART II Strategies to increase women's representation in local government4 Women and local politics in Spain: exploring gender regimes and biased party candidate selection processes; 5 Making it happen in practice: organized efforts to recruit rural women for local government leadership; 6 Missing from the picture: women's initiatives in English local government; PART III Making a difference? The descriptive and substantive representation of women in local government; 7 How gender shapes local party politics: the case of Belgium; 8 Critical acts and critical contexts: understanding the substantive representation of women at the regional level in France9 Transforming local politics? The impact of gender quotas in Finland; PART IV Gender and a changing local government sector; 10 Gendering local government amalgamations: an Australian case study; 11 Women in New Zealand local government: the effect of reform on women's presence in leadership; 12 New public management and gender in Swedish local government; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Women and Representation in Local Government opens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government. Presenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international experts to examine and compare the presence of women at this level and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Uganda, China, Australia and New Zealand. Divided into four main sections, each explores a key theme related to the subject of women and representation in local government and engages with c