Women and Representation in Local Government International Case Studies [Hardcover]

Women and Representation in Local Governmentopens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government.

Presenting 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.

Addressing key questions of how gender equality can be achieved in this sector, it will be of strong interest to students and academics working in the fields of gender studies, local government and international politics.

1. Introduction Barbara Pini and Paula McDonald  Part 1: Womens Representation in Local Government: Facilitators and Constraints  2. Moving through the Pipeline: Womens Representation in Municipal Government in the New England Region of the United States Paige Ransford and Meryl Thomson  3. Women in Local Assemblies: Rare Guests or (Almost) Equal Partners? An Analysis of the Causes of Womens Underrepresentation in the German County Councils Raphael Magin  Part 2: Strategies to Increase Womens Representation in Local Government  4. Women and Local Politics in Spain: Exploring Gender Regimes and Biased Party Candidate Selection Prlsh