LEADER 04088nam 22006735 450 001 9910383843003321 005 20251223150908.0 010 $a9783030348953 010 $a3030348954 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-34895-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000010661159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6135152 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-34895-3 035 $a(PPN)259457957 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010661159 100 $a20200316d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGender Equality in Politics $eImplementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria /$fby Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski, Sabine Lang, Birgit Sauer 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (141 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Political Science,$x2191-5474 311 08$a9783030348946 311 08$a3030348946 327 $aIntroducing the Cross-National Comparison of Quotas -- Contextualizing Quotas: The Political Systems of Germany and Austria -- The History of Electoral Gender Quotas -- The Post-Quota Gender Gap: Standard Explanations -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Federal Level -- Institutional Quota Roadblocks on the Land Level -- Conclusion: The Long Road to Parity in Politics. 330 $aThis book provides a timely and unique contribution to current debates on how effectively voluntary party quotas address the persistent underrepresentation of women in legislatures. Using a most similar case design and a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw attention to the ways in which electoral systems and party regulations interface with voluntary party quotas in Germany and Austria. All quota parties in these countries support the goal of equal participation of women and men in elected office, and quotas are presented as a means to precisely that end. In order to assess parties? commitment to their declared goals, and the effectiveness of quotas, the book introduces the concept of the post-quota gender gap and defines it as the difference between a party?s adopted quota and the actual share of women in legislative bodies at the national and regional level. Complementing the existing literature on recruitment and socio-cultural legacies, the authors argue that the problem of voluntary party quotas lies at the intersection of party quota design and electoral law. Either parties need to design quotas that actually work within a given electoral system, or we need legislative action geared toward advancing parity not just in candidate selection, but in the composition of legislatures. The book draws on gendered candidate and election data, on the party statutes of federal and state-level party organizations, and on interviews with party officials and party women?s organizations. . 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Political Science,$x2191-5474 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aElections 606 $aSex 606 $aComparative government 606 $aPolitics and Gender 606 $aElectoral Politics 606 $aGender Studies 606 $aComparative Politics 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aElections. 615 0$aSex. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 14$aPolitics and Gender. 615 24$aElectoral Politics. 615 24$aGender Studies. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 676 $a305.420943 700 $aAhrens$b Petra$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0882892 702 $aChmilewski$b Katja$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aLang$b Sabine$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aSauer$b Birgit$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910383843003321 996 $aGender Equality in Politics$91972340 997 $aUNINA