Why aren't they there? : the political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures /: the political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Political representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in legislatures
• Further Information: Note: Didier Ruedin.
• Other Names: Ruedin, Didier
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Political Representation: A Framework; Figure 1.1: Basis of political representation; Figure 1.2: Variables influencing political representation; Figure 1.3: Underlying factors for representation; Figure 1.4: Framework of political representation; Chapter Two: The Representation of Women; Figure 2.1: Levels of gender representation; Table 2.1: Multivariate models of gender representation I; Table 2.2: Multivariate models of gender representation II. Chapter Three: The Representation of Ethnic GroupsFigure 3.1: Levels of ethnic group representation; Table 3.1: Multivariate models of ethnic group representation I; Table 3.2: Multivariate models of ethnic group representation II; Chapter Four: The Representation of Issue Positions; Table 4.1: Policy representation in different domains; Figure 4.1: Distributions of policy representation scores in different domains; Table 4.2: Multivariate analyses for left-right, social issues, and the environment; Table 4.3: Multivariate analyses for nationalism, religion in politics, and deregulation. Chapter Five: The Relationship Between Different Forms of RepresentationTable 5.1: Explanatory factors across four descriptive dimensions; Table 5.2: Comparison of representation scores; Table 5.3: Relative ethnic and gender representation in high and low ethnic heterogeneity; Table 5.4: Correlations between domains of policy representation; Table 5.5: Highest level of representation in old and new democracies; Table 5.6: 'Most important issue' in old and new democracies; Table 5.7: Correlations between levels of descriptive and substantive representation. Table 5.8: Highest level of representation by proportion of ethnic minority populationChapter Six: Political Representation Between Institutions and Cultural Attitudes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Colchester : Ecpr Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (186 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 324.63; Representative government and representation; Legislative bodies; Women -- Political activity; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Ethnic groups -- Political activity; Ethnic groups -- Legal status, laws, etc; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General; Ethnic groups -- Legal status, laws, etc; Ethnic groups -- Political activity; Legislative bodies; Representative government and representation; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Women -- Political activity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1907301623; 9781907301629; 9781910259108; 1910259101
• Related ISBNs: 0955820391; 9780955820397
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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