Has Liberalism Failed Women?: Assuring Equal Representation in Europe and the United States

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction: New Perspectives on the Use of Parity Mandates and Quotas to Guarantee Equality between Men and Women....Pages 3-17
The Descriptive Political Representation of Gender: An Anti-Essentialist Argument....Pages 19-38
The Politics of Parity: Can Legal Intervention Neutralize the Gender Divide?....Pages 39-54
The French Parity Movement....Pages 55-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Constitutionalizing Equal Access: High Hopes, Dashed Hopes?....Pages 69-88
Breaking the Barriers: Positive Discrimination Policies for Women....Pages 89-110
Women and the Third Way: Collaboration and Conflict....Pages 111-121
Changing the Rules of the Game: The Role of Law and the Effects of Party Reforms on Gender Parity in Germany....Pages 123-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
From Equal Pay to Parity Democracy: The Rocky Ride of Women’s Policy in the European Union....Pages 143-163
Quotas, Parity, and the Discursive Dangers of Difference....Pages 165-176
Constitutional Reform and Gender Mandates....Pages 177-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Distinctive Barriers to Gender Equality....Pages 185-199
Representation and the Electoral Interests of Women and African Americans: A Convergence at Last?....Pages 201-208
When Women Voted for the Right: Lessons for Today from the Conservative Gender Gap....Pages 209-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-243