Women in executive power : a global overview / / edited by Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.23082
• Soggetto topico: Women - Political activity; Women legislators; Representative government and representation; Sex role
• Altri autori: BauerGretchen <1959-> TremblayManon
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Gretchen Bauer and Manon Tremblay -- Arab states / Vânia Carvalho Pinto -- South and Southeast Asia / Andrea Fleschenberg -- Oceania / Jennifer Curtin and Marian Sawer -- Central and Eastern Europe / Maxime Forest -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Gretchen Bauer -- Latin America / Tiffany D. Barnes and Mark P. Jones -- North America / Farida Jalalzai and Manon Tremblay -- Western Europe / Fiona Buckley and Yvonne Galligan -- Nordic countries / Christina Bergqvist -- Conclusion / Manon Tremblay and Gretchen Bauer.
• Sommario/riassunto: Women in Executive Power studies the participation of women in the political executive around the world-notably in cabinet positions as ministers and sub-ministers and as heads of government and state. Providing multiple case studies in each chapter, the book provides regional overviews of nine different world regions covering those with the fewest to the most women in executive power. Evaluating the role of socio-cultural, economic and political variables of women's access to cabinet positions and positions of head of state and government, the book shows that women are incr
• Titolo autorizzato: Women in executive power
• ISBN: 1-136-81914-2; 1-283-10425-3; 9786613104250; 1-136-81915-0; 0-203-82998-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820764603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in comparative politics ; ; 38.