{"product_id":"women-and-representation-in-local-government-9780415559348","title":"Women and Representation in Local Government","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen and Representation in Local Government\u003c\/em\u003e opens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international experts to examine and compare the presence of women at this level and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Uganda, China, Australia and New Zealand. Divided into four main sections, each explores a key theme related to the subject of women and representation in local government and engages with contemporary gender theory and the broader literature on women and politics. The contributors explore local government as a gendered environment; critiquing strategies to address the limited number of elected female members in local government and examine the impact of significant recent changes on local government through a gender lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing key questions of how gender equality can be\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction \u003cem\u003eBarbara Pini and Paula McDonald\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Women’s Representation in Local Government: Facilitators and Constraints \u003c\/strong\u003e 2. Moving through the Pipeline: Women’s Representation in Municipal Government in the New England Region of the United States \u003cem\u003ePaige \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eRansford and Meryl Thomson \u003c\/em\u003e 3. Women in Local Assemblies: Rare Guests or (Almost) Equal Partners? An Analysis of the Causes of Women’s Underrepresentation in the German County Councils \u003cem\u003eRaphael Magin\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Strategies to Increase Women’s Representation in Local Government\u003c\/strong\u003e 4. Women and Local Politics in Spain: Exploring Gender Regimes and Biased Party Candidate Selection Processes \u003cem\u003eTania Verge\u003c\/em\u003e 5. Making it Happen in Practice: Organized Efforts to Recruit Rural Women for Local Government Leadership \u003cem\u003eLouise Carbert \u003c\/em\u003e 6. Missing from the Picture: Women’s Initiatives in English Local Government \u003cem\u003eWendy Stokes\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Making a Difference? The Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Women in Local Government\u003c\/strong\u003e 7. How Gender Shapes Local Party Politics: The Case of Belgium \u003cem\u003ePetra Meier and Dries Verlet \u003c\/em\u003e 8. Critical Acts and Critical Contexts: Understanding the Substantive Representation of Women at the Regional Level in France \u003cem\u003eKatherine Opello \u003c\/em\u003e 9. Transforming Local Politics? The Impact of Gender Quotas in Finland \u003cem\u003eAnne Maria Holli \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Gender and a Changing Local Government Sector\u003c\/strong\u003e 10. Gendering Local Government Amalgamations: An Australian Case Study \u003cem\u003eDenise Conroy\u003c\/em\u003e 11. Women in New Zealand Local Government: The Effect of Reform on Women’s Presence in Leadership \u003cem\u003eMarianne Tremaine and Jean Drage\u003c\/em\u003e 12. New Public Management and Gender in Swedish Local Government \u003cem\u003eGun Hedlund\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018165518679,"sku":"9780415559348","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415559348.jpg?v=1750775862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-and-representation-in-local-government-9780415559348","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}