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Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Edith Cresson, and Simone Veil—these contemporary world leaders are as noteworthy for their gender as they are for the political directions they have provided. Indeed, female government leaders are so rare as to be almost an intellectual curiosity. Why is this the case? Why do women, who make up more than half of the world’s population, occupy so few positions at the highest levels of political power? Why are women making inroads in government in some countries while not in others? And what difference does women’s presence—or absence—make in terms of policy outcomes? Davis addresses these questions by examining women’s access to power through appointive channels in Western European parliamentary and parliamentary-type systems. Tracing women’s participation from 1968 to 1992 in fifteen countries, she accounts for the variation from high levels of women’s representation in Norway and Sweden to low levels in Italy and Britain. Little research on women and elections extends beyond the United States and Britain. Even less exists on women’s access to power through appointive channels. By comparatively examining the elite recruitment of women through appointments, this work fills a critical gap.

Women and Power in Parliamentary Democracies: Cabinet Appointments in Western Europe, 1968-1992

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Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Edith Cresson, and Simone Veil—these contemporary world leaders are as noteworthy for their... Read more

    Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
    Publication Date: 01/03/1997
    ISBN13: 9780803217072, 978-0803217072
    ISBN10: 0803217072

    Number of Pages: 139

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Edith Cresson, and Simone Veil—these contemporary world leaders are as noteworthy for their gender as they are for the political directions they have provided. Indeed, female government leaders are so rare as to be almost an intellectual curiosity. Why is this the case? Why do women, who make up more than half of the world’s population, occupy so few positions at the highest levels of political power? Why are women making inroads in government in some countries while not in others? And what difference does women’s presence—or absence—make in terms of policy outcomes? Davis addresses these questions by examining women’s access to power through appointive channels in Western European parliamentary and parliamentary-type systems. Tracing women’s participation from 1968 to 1992 in fifteen countries, she accounts for the variation from high levels of women’s representation in Norway and Sweden to low levels in Italy and Britain. Little research on women and elections extends beyond the United States and Britain. Even less exists on women’s access to power through appointive channels. By comparatively examining the elite recruitment of women through appointments, this work fills a critical gap.

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