The impact of gender quotas [electronic resource] / [edited by] Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook, and Jennifer M. Piscopo. Franceschet, Susan, 1965- Krook, Mona Lena. Piscopo, Jennifer M. Women Political activity. Women political candidates Government policy. Representative government and representation. Women and democracy. HQ1236 .I465 2012 324.082 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2012). This text is a theory-building and comparative exercise in elaborating concepts commonly used to analyze the broad impacts of gender quotas. Using a conceptual framework based upon descriptive, substantive and symbolic dimensions of representation, the book presents case studies from 12 countries. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199830091.001.0001 eng