01498nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000074317 StDuBDS 20170911141649.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091116s2009 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780199871605 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS HQ1236 320.082 22 Krook, Mona Lena. Quotas for women in politics : gender and candidate selection reform worldwide / [electronic resource] Mona Lena Krook. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. 1 online resource (xi, 290 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. In recent years, political parties and national legislatures in more than 100 countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office. This book addresses quotas as a global phenomenon in order to provide greater analytical leverage in explaining their spread and impact around the world. Description based on print version record. Women in politics Statistics. Women politicians Statistics. Women in politics Cross-cultural studies. Women politicians Cross-cultural studies. Print version 9780195375671 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195375671.001.0001 ddc BK 36462 36462