Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective
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Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities

Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities


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This comparative study of electoral procedures, trends, and key issues is the first to deal with the representation of women and minorities around the world. Wilma Rule and Joseph Zimmerman have brought together an international team of scholars who show why there is gross underrepresentation of women and minorities internationally and who analyze the cultural, socio-economic, and political barriers to their future electoral successes. The scholars describe the current situation in 20 countries in various regions and point to ways for women and minorities to enhance positions politically. This text is intended for courses in comparative politics, political parties and elections, women in politics, and minority politics.

Table of Contents:
Preface The Underrepresentation Problem Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities by Joseph F. Zimmerman Parliaments of, by, and for the People: Except for Women? by Wilma Rule Minorities Represented and Unrepresented by Matthew S. Shugart Europe and the United States Comparing Political Opportunities in Great Britain and Ireland by Enid Lakeman Norway: Achieving World-Record Woman's Representation in Government by Jill Bystydzienski The German Personalized Proportional Representation System: A Barrier to Women? by Beate Hoecker The Impact of the French Electoral System on Women and Minorities by Kay Lawson and Miriam Feldblum Soviet Political Arrangements: The Representation of Women and Minorities by Carol Nechemias The Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in Elective Office in the United States by Joseph F. Zimmerman The Middle East and Africa The Israeli Electoral System by Avraham Brichta and Yael Brichta Women and Electoral Politics in Arab States by As'ad AbuKalil Namibia: The Last African Colony's First Election by P.J.J.S. Potgieter Asia "Woman Power" in Japan's 1989 Upper House Election by Theodore McNelly Electoral Systems and Women's Representation in Taiwan: The Impact of the Reserved-Seat System by Bih-Er Chou and Janet Clark Women in the South Korean Electoral System by R. Darcy and Chong-Min Hyun The Impact of the Philippine Electoral System on Women and Minorities by Linda Richter Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand Argentina: The (No) Ceteris Paribus Case by N. Guillermo Molinelli Women and Politics in Brazil: Legislative Elections by Fanny Tabak The Representation of Women and Minorities in the National Legislatures of Costa Rica and Nicaragua by Michelle A. Saint-Germain Representation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Parliaments of Australia and New Zealand by Joan Rydon Enhancing the Election Prospects of Women and Minorities Beating the Law of Minority Attrition by Rein Taagepera Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author :
WILMA RULE, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, co-edited the companion study United States Electoral Systems: Their Impact on Women and Minorities (Greenwood Press, 1992). JOSEPH F. ZIMMERMAN, Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany. He is the author of many books dealing with federalism, representation, and democracy, including Contemporary American Federalism (1992) and Participatory Democracy (1986), both by the Greenwood Publishing Group.

Review :
"Institutions count! This pathbreaking pioneering collection demonstrates... that institutions and electoral procedures matter for the quality and quantity of balanced political representation....[E]specially useful for those schooled in the parochialism of American politics, wherein representative institutions are frequently viewed as a given."-Kathleen Staudt Professor of Political Science The University of Texas at ElPaso


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  • ISBN-13: 9780313286339
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Their Impact on Women and Minorities
  • ISBN-10: 0313286337
  • Publisher Date: 21 Mar 1994
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 280


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