Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender

by Karen Beckwith, Susan Franceschet, Claire Annesley

Book Overview

Historically, men have been more likely to be appointed to governing cabinets, but gendered patterns of appointment vary cross-nationally, and women's inclusion in cabinets has grown significantly over time. This book breaks new theoretical ground by conceiving of cabinet formation as a gendered, iterative process governed by rules that empower and constrain presidents and prime ministers in the criteria they use to make appointments.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190069007
• ISBN13: 9780190069001
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"