Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments

Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments
ISBN-10
0774825235
ISBN-13
9780774825238
Category
Political Science
Pages
360
Language
English
Published
2013-05-31
Publisher
UBC Press
Authors
Linda Trimble, Manon Tremblay, Jane Arscott

Description

Following significant increases in women's electoral representation in the 1980s and '90s, progress has stalled. Today, there are only a few more women in Canada's parliament and legislatures than a decade ago. What has happened to the representational gains for women and why does gender parity remain so elusive? To answer these questions, Stalled provides a detailed road map of women's political representation as candidates, office-holders, cabinet ministers, party leaders, and as representatives of the Crown at all levels of government across Canada. Comprehensive and accessible, this volume makes clear that women are far from achieving equality in sites of formal political power.

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