International Idea Publications Catalogue 2012 - Renouf Publishing ...

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATIONDemocracy and GenderDesigning for EqualityBest-fit, Medium-fit and Non-favourable Combinationsof Electoral Systems and Gender QuotasDespite some increases in the number of women electedto national legislatures since the adoption of the BeijingProcess in 1995, only 24 countries in the world hadachieved the goal of more than 30 per cent representationin national legislatures by October 2011 according to therankings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.This book describes the various quota arrangementsmade for women in different electoral systems and howthey have affected women’s representation.The book assesses how increased women’srepresentation can be achieved under differentcombinations of electoral systems and quotas, andserves as a reference tool for all those who work toincrease women’s representation in politics.NOWIN BURMESE2007, 24 ppISBN 978-91-85391-96-7Price USD 5 / GBP 4En Es ArHyNe MyWomen in ParliamentBeyond Numbers (A Revised Edition)This handbook examines the obstacles confronted bywomen when entering politics, which include political,socio-economic, ideological and psychological factors.It presents a range of solutions, such as changingelectoral systems and introducing quotas, and itprovides strategies for women to influence politics onceelected to parliament.This handbook includes case studies from Argentina,Burkina Faso, Ecuador, France, Indonesia, Rwanda,South Africa and Sweden, plus regional overviews fromthe Arab world, Latin America and South Asia, and acase study on the Inter-Parliamentary Union.2005 (first edition 1998)266 ppISBN 978-91-85391-19-6Price USD 30 / GBP 20En Es FrNe Id Ru23