Gender, Institutions And Political Representation: Reproducing Male Dominance In Europe’s New Democracies (gender And Politics)
by Cristina Chiva /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political
representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the
factors that have held women back over the post-communist period,
as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the
region. Post-communist Europe has long raised two puzzles for
scholars of women’s representation in politics. First, why have
women been under-represented in politics in every country in the
region since communism’s collapse? Secondly, why are there
relatively few cases where women’s advocates have been successful
in pressing for change? This comparative study of Europe’s new
democracies argues that these puzzles are best understood as
questions about male dominance – that is, about the mechanisms that
sustain, or, alternatively, change long-established patterns of
male over-representation in politics over time. The author covers
six EU member states – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania and Slovakia – during the period 1990-2016. The
book will be of use to students and scholars in the fields of
Comparative Politics, Democracy and Democratization, European
Studies, Gender Studies, Post-Communist Studies, and Central and
Eastern European Studies.
This book traces the struggles over the institutions of political
representation in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on the
factors that have held women back over the post-communist period,
as well as on the growing evidence for change throughout the
region. Post-communist Europe has long raised two puzzles for
scholars of women’s representation in politics. First, why have
women been under-represented in politics in every country in the
region since communism’s collapse? Secondly, why are there
relatively few cases where women’s advocates have been successful
in pressing for change? This comparative study of Europe’s new
democracies argues that these puzzles are best understood as
questions about male dominance – that is, about the mechanisms that
sustain, or, alternatively, change long-established patterns of
male over-representation in politics over time. The author covers
six EU member states – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Poland, Romania and Slovakia – during the period 1990-2016. The
book will be of use to students and scholars in the fields of
Comparative Politics, Democracy and Democratization, European
Studies, Gender Studies, Post-Communist Studies, and Central and
Eastern European Studies.
