Women's Struggle for Legislative Power: The Role of Political Parties

Authors

  • Sonia Pitre Université Laval.

Keywords:

Electoral process, Public office, Women politicians, Political parties

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the literature on aspects of the electoral process that prevent women from being elected to public office in greater numbers. It focuses on Canada, discussing the barriers that women encounter during the candidate recruitment and selection processes, particularly those related to political parties and constituency-level executives.

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Published

2003-04-01

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003): Health Panic and Women's Health

Section

Special Collection: Women's Exercise of Political Power: Building Leaderships in Atlantic Canada

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