When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of
state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's …

The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has
attracted a great deal of scholarly and political interest. To date, research on these measures …

In democracies, power is obtained via competition. Yet, as women gain access to
parliaments in record numbers, worldwide collaboration appears to be on the rise. This is …

Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective provides a clear, detailed introduction to
women's political participation and representation across a wide range of countries and …

This article integrates the comparative literature on gender quotas with the existing body of
research on women's substantive representation. Quota laws, which bring greater numbers …

The number of women elected to Latin American legislatures has grown significantly over
the past thirty years. This increase in the number of women elected to national office is due …

Addressing one of the defining social issues of our time, The Politics of Gay Marriage in
Latin America explores how and why Latin America, a culturally Catholic and historically …

This book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political
institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples …

A recent wave of gender and politics research revisits the concept of “women's interests,”
opening up new ways of thinking about who can articulate these interests and how to avoid …

Institutions–the formal and informal 'rules of the game'–profoundly shape political life.
Political institutions are also inescapably gendered. In this groundbreaking collection we …