02262oam 22004694a 450 991055277550332120210915035116.00-8142-7256-8(CKB)3780000000104971(OCoLC)654198402(MdBmJHUP)muse34254(EXLCZ)99378000000010497120050906d2006 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChallenging Parties, Changing ParliamentsWomen and Elected Office in Contemporary Western Europe /Miki Caul KittilsonColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2006.©2006.1 online resource (xii, 190 p. :)ill. ;Parliaments and legislatures0-8142-5148-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-182) and index.Women, parties, and political power -- Opportunity structures: the key to womens access -- Change from the inside out: women in party leadership -- Rule changes to increase womens parliamentary presence: the diffusion of candidate gender quotas -- Britain: women, parties, and the House of Commons -- Germany: women, parties, and the Bundestag -- Finland: women, parties, and the Eduskunta -- Increasing access to parliaments: a model for change -- Conclusions: implications for party theory and underrepresented groups -- Afterword: women and parties navigate in a new era, 19982004 -- Appendix A List of sources for party variables used in the study -- Appendix B List of sources for survey data.Parliaments and legislatures series.Political partiesEuropean Union countriesWomen legislatorsEuropean Union countriesWomenPolitical activityEuropean Union countriesElectronic books. Political partiesWomen legislatorsWomenPolitical activity324.2082/094Kittilson Miki Caul1213984MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910552775503321Challenging Parties, Changing Parliaments2803723UNINA