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The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Global Patterns and Debates in the Granting of Women’s Suffrage
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    Chapter 2 Gender and Electoral Behavior
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    Chapter 3 The Political Representation of Women over Time
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    Chapter 4 The Impact of Women in Parliament
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    Chapter 5 New Horizons in Women’s Political Rights
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    Chapter 6 Chile: Women’s Suffrage and Political Participation, 1935–2015
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    Chapter 7 Colombia: Civil Conflict, Violence, and Women’s Political Participation
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    Chapter 8 Mexico: The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
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    Chapter 9 New Zealand: A Country of Firsts in Women’s Political Rights
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    Chapter 10 Finland: Suffrage, Nation, and Political Mobilization
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    Chapter 11 Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Women’s Political Participation
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    Chapter 12 Canada: Uneven Paths to Suffrage and Women’s Electoral Participation
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    Chapter 13 Afghanistan: Uphill Challenges for Women’s Political Rights
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    Chapter 14 Kuwait: Why Did Women’s Suffrage Take So Long?
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    Chapter 15 Morocco: Ongoing Struggle for More Representation
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    Chapter 16 Turkey: From Symbols to Actors in the Struggle for Women’s Political Rights
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    Chapter 17 Kenya: Women’s Suffrage and Political Participation as Voters
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    Chapter 18 Nigeria: Women’s Suffrage, Change, and Continuities in Political Participation
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    Chapter 19 Cameroon: Early Mobilization and Limited Impact of Women’s Suffrage
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    Chapter 20 Zimbabwe: Women’s Mass Movement and Violence
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    Chapter 21 China: Women’s Rights Advocacy
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    Chapter 22 Indonesia: Local Advocacy for Suffrage
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    Chapter 23 Malaysia: Middle-Equality Trap
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    Chapter 24 Sri Lanka: Struggle for Franchise
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    Chapter 25 Czech Republic: Nationalism, Suffrage and Political Participation
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    Chapter 26 Russia: The Great War and Women’s Political Rights
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    Chapter 27 Bolivia: Parity, Empowerment, and Institutional Change
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    Chapter 28 Cuba: Women’s Complicated Political Participation and Representation
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    Chapter 29 Uruguay: Slow Progress in Women’s Political Representation
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    Chapter 30 United States: Gendered Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes
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    Chapter 31 Sweden: An Incremental Process
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    Chapter 32 France: The Republic Tested by Parity
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    Chapter 33 Australia: The Slow Road to Parliament
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    Chapter 34 Jordan: Quotas and Change in Women’s Political Representation
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    Chapter 35 Tunisia: Changing Patterns of Women’s Representation
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    Chapter 36 Israel: A Century of Political Involvement
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    Chapter 37 Mauritius: Still a Long Journey Ahead
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    Chapter 38 Rwanda: Women’s Political Representation and Its Consequences
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    Chapter 39 Uganda: Achievements and Challenges for Women in Elected Office
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    Chapter 40 Niger: Patterns of Women’s Political Presence Since Independence
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    Chapter 41 Ghana: Stalled Patterns of Women’s Parliamentary Representation
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    Chapter 42 South Korea: Women’s Political Representation
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    Chapter 43 Taiwan: Asia’s Exception
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    Chapter 44 Myanmar: Women’s Political Life
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    Chapter 45 India: A Contradictory Record
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    Chapter 46 Poland: Regime Transformation and Women’s Political Representation
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    Chapter 47 Slovenia: From Socialist Legacies to Legislative Gender Quotas
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    Chapter 48 Mongolia: Transformation of Women’s Representation
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    Chapter 49 Armenia: Persistent Gender Stereotypes
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Title
The Palgrave Handbook of Women’s Political Rights
Published by
Palgrave Macmillan UK, December 2018
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59074-9
ISBNs
978-1-137-59074-9, 978-1-137-59073-2, 978-1-137-59075-6
Editors

Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook, Netina Tan

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Country Count As %
Unknown 58 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 21%
Student > Master 8 14%
Researcher 7 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 5%
Lecturer 3 5%
Other 9 16%
Unknown 16 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 25 43%
Arts and Humanities 5 9%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 5%
Unspecified 2 3%
Psychology 2 3%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 18 31%