Party politics and the implementation of gender quotas : resisting institutions / / Sabine Lang, Petra Meier, Birgit Sauer, editors

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (391 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.2
• Soggetto topico: Political party organization; Representative government and representation; Women - Political activity
• Persona (resp. second.): LangSabine; MeierPetra; SauerBirgit
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas: Resisting Institutions -- 1 Gender Quotas in Electoral and Party Politics -- 2 The Implementation of Gender Equality Policies -- 3 Comparing Quota Implementation -- 3.1 Cultural Facilitators and Blockages -- 3.2 Institutional Facilitators and Blockages -- 3.3 Political Facilitators and Blockages -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part I No or Informalized Quotas -- 2 Practices and Strategies of Gender Representation in Danish Political Parties: Dilemmas of "Everyday Democracy" -- 1 The Danish Context: History, Politics, and Culture -- 2 Analyzing Party Practices and Strategies -- 2.1 Gender Equality Agenda Within Political Parties -- 2.2 Practices of Recruitment -- 2.3 Practices of Selection and Nomination -- 2.4 Party Culture and Female Leadership -- 3 Conclusion: The Danish Case and Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- 3 How Gender Quotas Work in Switzerland -- 1 Implementing Voluntary, Legislated, and Informal Gender Quotas in Swiss Politics -- 1.1 The Impact of Electoral Law and the Party System -- 1.2 Voluntary Party Quotas -- 1.3 The Defeat of Legislated Gender Quotas: Paving the Way for Informal Quotas -- 1.4 The Practice and Rationale of Unwritten Gender Quotas -- 2 Gender Quotas as Part of the "Political DNA"? -- 3 How Quotas Contribute to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- Part II Party Quotas -- 4 Nested Newness and Critical Junctures: Quota Implementation Flaws in the Austrian Party Democracy -- 1 The Complexity of Quota Implementation in a Multi-tiered Electoral System -- 2 The Mismatch Among Quota Regulations, the Electoral System, and Political Negotiations. ; 2.1 Institutional, Political, and Cultural Factors Inhibiting Successful Quota Implementation -- 2.2 What Makes the Quota Implementation Successful? -- 3 Quota Implementation and Its Contribution to Gender Equity -- Notes -- References -- 5 From Party Quotas to Parity? Legislative Gender Representation in Germany at a Crossroads -- 1 The Implementation of Voluntary Party Quotas -- 2 Explanatory Factors in Play -- 2.1 Cultural Blockage: Persisting "Quota Woman" Stigma and Male Incumbency -- 2.2 Institutional Blockage: The Interface of Party Statutes and Electoral Law -- 2.3 Political Blockages-Parity Law Advocates and Electoral Reform -- 3 Implementation and Its Contribution to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- 6 Implementing Special Measures for Political Representation and Gender in Sweden -- 1 Context: The Swedish Case -- 2 The Implementation Itself -- 2.1 Entering the Secret Garden of Politics -- 2.2 Different Institutional Configurations in Parties with and Without Party Quotas -- 3 Explanatory Factors in Play -- 3.1 Institutional Factors: Electoral System -- 3.2 Inter-Party Factors -- 3.3 Intra-Party Factors -- 3.4 Political Factors: Male Networks and Alliances -- 3.5 Cultural Factors: Gender Regimes and Framings of Quotas -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Turkish Political Parties as Gendered Gatekeepers and the Implementation of Voluntary Quotas -- 1 Turkish Parties' Quota Regulations and Approaches -- 1.1 The Elusiveness of Quota Implemenation in the Candidate Selection Processes -- 1.2 A Precarious Process with No Procedural Output -- 2 Political, Institutional, and Ideational Obstacles at Work -- 2.1 Formal Decision-Making Structures: Leadership-Domination Mediated by Informal Constraints -- 2.2 The Tradition of Women's Branches Versus the HDP's Women's Assemblies. ; 3 Interparty Differences in Quota Implementation and the Contribution to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- 8 The Implementation of Equality-Based Candidate Selection Decisions in the British Labour and Conservative Parties -- 1 The Conservative Party -- 2 The Labour Party -- 3 Explanations: Cultural, Political, and Institutional Factors -- 4 Conclusion: The Cases Compared -- Notes -- References -- Part III Legislative Quotas -- 9 25 Years of Gender Quotas, Still a Man's World? Implementation in the Belgian Case -- 1 How Parties Implement Gender Quotas in Their Recruitment and Selection -- 2 How the Electoral System and Other Factors Impact the Implementation of Gender Quotas -- 3 The Contribution to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- 10 Only Stand-ins? Women's Parliamentary Representation and Quota Implementation in Croatia Since 2011 -- 1 The Croatian Context of Quota Implementation -- 2 Analyzing Quota Implementation in Croatia -- 2.1 Are More Women Nominated? -- 2.2 Are Parties Being Sanctioned? -- 3 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 11 Twenty Years of Parité Under the Microscope in France: Parties Play with Rather Than by the Rules -- 1 A Hard-Fought Consensus Over Parity Is Put into Action to Varying Degrees Across Elections -- 1.1 Putting Parity on the Books -- 1.2 Parity by the Numbers: Type of Electoral System Matters -- 1.3 Beyond the Numbers: Persistent Gender-Biased Norms Block Quality Representation -- 2 Political Parties Matter: More Enemies Than Friends of Parity -- 2.1 Playing with Rather Than by the Rules -- 2.2 The Absence of Women's Commissions Allows Boys' Clubs to Dominate -- 2.3 Gender-Biased Path Dependency Matters More Than Electoral System Type -- 3 No Longer Just a Conservative Revolution: Parity at Work in the 2020 Municipal Elections -- 4 Conclusion: Toward Gender Transformation and a Critical Juncture. ; Notes -- References -- 12 Ireland: Understanding Gender Quotas as a Stepping-Stone to Gender Transformation and Empowerment -- 1 Implementation of Legislative Gender Quotas in Ireland -- 1.1 Candidate Selection in Ireland -- 1.2 Implementation of Gender Quotas -- 2 Explanatory Factors: Cultural, Political, and Institutional -- 2.1 Cultural -- 2.2 Political -- 2.3 Institutional -- 3 Implementation and its Contribution to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- 13 Gender Quota and Local Political Parties: Varieties of Implementation in Italy -- 1 Gender Quota Legislation in Italy: An Overview -- 2 Women, Party, and Candidate Selection for Municipal Elections in the Province of Trento -- 2.1 The Formal Party Rules of Candidate Selection -- 2.2 Informal Practices Within Parties -- 3 The Explicative Role of Cultural and Political Factors -- 4 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 14 The Least That Could Have Been Done? The Ambiguous Effects of Gender Quotas in Polish Parliamentary Elections -- 1 Legislative Quota Implementation in Poland -- 2 The Whys and Wherefores -- 3 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15 Implementing Gender Quotas in Portugal: A Success Story? -- 1 Unveiling the Implementation Stages -- 2 Practices and Resistances -- 3 Explanatory Factors -- 4 Contribution to Gender Empowerment -- Notes -- References -- 16 Legislative Quotas and Political Representation in Serbia -- 1 Electoral Gender Quotas and women's Representation from 2003 to 2011 -- 2 Electoral System Reform and Quota Implementation from 2012 to 2020 -- 3 The Impact of Contextual Factors and Candidate Quota Effects -- 4 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 17 Legislative Gender Quotas in Slovenia: Implemented But Not Internalized -- 1 Party Rules and Practices in Implementing Gender Quotas. ; 2 Institutional, Political, and Cultural Factors Impacting the Implementation of Gender Quotas -- 3 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 18 "It's the Party, Stupid!": Success of and Resistance to Gender Quotas in Spain -- 1 The Implementation Process -- 2 Explanatory Factors in Play -- 2.1 Institutional Factors -- 2.2 Cultural Factors -- 2.3 Political Factors -- 3 Implementation and Its Contribution to Gender Equality -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Party politics and the implementation of gender quotas
• ISBN: 3-031-08931-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633935903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender and politics.