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Book SynopsisThis book asks whether the doors to women’s participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.
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1 Introduction / Sylvia Bashevkin
Part 1: Community and Women’s Group Participation
2 Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? / Caroline Andrew
3 Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation / Mary-Jo Nadeau
Part 2: Winning Legislative Seats
4 Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? / Manon Tremblay, with Stephanie Mullen
5 Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit in the House of Commons / Louise Carbert
Part 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences
6 Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open? Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 / Lesley Byrne
7 “Stage” versus “Actor” Barriers to Women’s Federal Party Leadership / Sylvia Bashevkin
8 One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer’s Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP / Joanna Everitt and Michael Camp
Part 4: Media and Public Images
9 Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
10 Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand / Elisabeth Gidengil, Joanna Everitt, and Susan Banducci
Part 5: Remedies and Prescriptions
11 Opening Doors to Women’s Participation / Sylvia Bashevkin
Contributors
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