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Reform, Representation, and Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement

Journal of Politics, 2020
When do quotas for women’s political representation promote economic gender equality? Legislative reforms equalizing economic rights are common globally, with mixed results. I consider the impact of quotas on women’s rights in a crucial domain: property.
Rachel Brulé
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Gold and Bateas: Visuality, Tactility, Representation, Politics

Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, 2019
The recent boom in resource extraction in Latin America and the intense conflicts surrounding extraction have attracted the notice of many communities of practice and media genres and generated new modes of representation that bring together different ...
E. Ferry, S. Ferry
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Media Representation: Politics

, 2017
Representations of politics in mass media are a central source of citizens' experiences with and perceptions of politics. This entry discusses key aspects that have evolved in the literature on mediated representations of politics and their possible ...
H. Boomgaarden
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Politics of Representation in Mountaineering

2023
This chapter summarises the findings of the work in the book and crucially, proposes the new avenues of work which need to be completed. There are ideas uncovered in this volume which as questions for new areas of scholarship and this chapter investigates how effectively the collected works here have questioned the scope of mountain literature, and ...
Jenny Hall, Martin Hall
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Race, Party, and Representation in Criminal Justice Politics

Journal of Politics, 2019
What explains racial inequalities in law enforcement and criminal justice policy? I argue that political representation plays a key role. Most explanations of representation focus on partisanship or use a left-right scale to measure the effectiveness of ...
Laurel Eckhouse
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Gender Quotas, Women’s Representation, and Legislative Diversity

Journal of Politics, 2020
Diversity in the characteristics of political leaders increases the quality of policy, perceptions of legitimacy, and accountability to constituents. Yet, increasing leaders’ diversity proves one of the most difficult challenges facing modern democracy ...
Tiffany D. Barnes, Mirya R. Holman
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Making sense of nature : representation, politics and democracy

, 2013
Preface: Nature is Here, There and Everywhere Part I. How to Make Sense of Sense Making 1. How we Make Sense of (what we call) Nature 2. Representing Nature 3. Governing Society with Reference to the Natural Part II.
N. Castree
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Political Parties and Political Representation

2016
Although Sweden is characterized by a stable formal framework for political representation, major changes during recent decades have affected the conditions in which political representation is exercised. A once orderly five-party system has evolved into an unwieldy eight-party system, and turnover in the Riksdag has increased.
Peter Esaiasson, Lena Wängnerud
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Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics

, 1996
* *1. Introduction * Part I: The World of Participation *2. Defining Political Participation *3. Political Participation: How Much? About What? *4. Interpreting Political Activity: A Report from Activists *5.
S. Verba, K. Schlozman, Henry E. Brady
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State Feminism and Political Representation [PDF]

, 2005
How can women maximise their political influence? Does state feminism enhance the political representation of women? Should feminism be established in state institutions to treat women's concerns? Written by experts in the field, this 2005 book uses an innovative model of political influence to construct answers to these and other questions in the long-
J. LOVENDUSKI, C. BAUDINO, GUADAGNINI, Angela Maria, P. MEIER, D. SAINSBURY   +4 more
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