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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823193903321

Autore

Murray Rainbow <1979->

Titolo

Parties, gender quotas, and candidate selection in France / / Rainbow Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010

ISBN

1-282-91071-X

9786612910715

0-230-27529-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Collana

French politics, society, and culture series

Disciplina

324.244/015

Soggetti

Nominations for office - France

Political parties - France

Women - Political activity - France

France Politics and government 2007-2012

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 French Parties and Parity in Context; Chapter 3 Candidate Selection, Supply and Demand; Chapter 4 The Electoral Competition Approach; Chapter 5 The Institutional Approach; Chapter 6 The Ideological Approach; Chapter 7 Conclusion and the 'Party Priorities Model'; Appendix: Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gender quotas are a growing worldwide phenomenon, yet their variable implementation remains under-researched. Using the prominent case study of France this book approaches quotas from the perspective of the key actors responsible for them – political parties.