Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774825200 ISBN 13: 9780774825207

Publisher: UBC Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 roadmap 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.

About this title

Book Description:

Comprehensive analysis of why gender parity for women in political office has been stalled.

About the Author:

Linda Trimble is a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Alberta. Jane Arscott is an associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Athabasca University. Manon Tremblay is a professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. Contributors: Sylvia Bashevkin, Loleen Berdahl, Amanda Bittner, Naomi Black, Louise Carbert, John Crossley, Joanna Everitt, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Anne Mévellec, Stephanie Mullen, Brenda O'Neill, Jocelyne Praud, Tracey Raney, Shannon Sampert, Graham White, Lisa Young

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0774825200
• ISBN 13: 9780774825207
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Trimble Linda