Gender Equality in Politics: Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria

by Sabine Lang, Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski

This book provides a timely and unique contribution to current debates on how effectively voluntary party quotas address the persistent underrepresentation of women in legislatures. Using a most similar case design and a mixed-methods approach, the authors draw attention to the ways in which electoral systems and party regulations interface with voluntary party quotas in Germany and Austria. All quota parties in these countries support the goal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030348946
• ISBN13: 9783030348946
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"