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| Titre : | Women in Nordic Politics: Closing the Gap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type de document : | Ouvrage et rapport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Année : | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pages : | pp. 404 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Résumé : | The essays in this book look at the trends perceptible in the extensive involvement of women in the economy and social and political life of the four Scandinavian countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) and explore the question whether these trends are really fundamental features of these societies, is there a linear trend towards an increasingly equal division of political power between men and women, and is the « gender gap » narrowing down or has there been a « backlash of the 1980s » in Scandinavia as well as elsewhere in the world. Contents: Part I - Women in Nordic politics: 1. « Introduction: Scandinavia - A Case Apart », by Lauri Kaevonen and Per Selle (pp. 3-24): Is the political gender gap really closing? Perspective: numbers count and politics makes a difference, etc. 2. « The Political Representation of Women: A Bird's Eye View », by Nina Cecilie Raaum (pp. 25-55): women and political power: what does the research tell us about women's political practices? ways of understanding women's political status; territorial representation; elected bodies; the corporative system of government; government committees, summary and further challenges. Part II - Women as Voters and Party Members: 3. « Gender Gap in Nordic Voting Behaviour », by Maria Oskarson (pp. 59-81): gender and voting; party choice of men and women; gender differences among young and old voters; gender differences and the public sector; is there any gender gap? 4. « Women in Scandinavian Party Organisations », by Jan Sundberg (pp. 83-111): the problem; the pioneering role of female members in the social democratic parties; female power in Scandinavian parties; the nomination of female candidates; the silent revolution revised Part III - Organisational participation: 5. « Social Democracy, Women, and the European Union », by Ulf Lindström (pp. 115-131): theoretical framework; the social democratic impasse; social democracy, Europe and the world according to the market-patriarchate, public, and tripod households; in search of social democratic Europe; out of the impasse: the Euro-contract? 6. « Trade Unions and the Feminisation of the Labour Market », by Lauri Karvonen (pp. 133-153). 7. « The Changing Role of Women Within Local Voluntary Organisations: Sex Segregation in the Voluntary Sector », by Per Selle and Bjarne Oymyr (pp. 155-175). 8. « An Alternative Movement in a 'State-friendly' Society: the Women's Shelter Movement », by Kristin Morken and Per Selle (pp. 177-201). Part IV - Public Institutions: 9. « The Declining Corporatist State and the Political Gender Dimension », by Christina Bergqvist (pp. 205-228): the challenge against the male-dominated state; the hidden side of the recruitment process; the conclusion: the relevance of gender in the corporatist state. 10. « Feminisation of the Central Public Administration », by Per Laegreid (pp. 229-248): explaining the Feminisation of central public administration; the effects of increased female representation. 11. « Women in Local Democracy », by Nina Cecilie Raaum (pp. 249-280): from state feminism to local democracy? lags in time and space; the impact of structure, culture and politics. 12. « How the Election System Structure Has Helped Women Close the Representation Gap », by Richard E. Matland (pp. 281-309): district magnitude; candidate selection processes; summary. Part V - Attitudes and Symbols: 13. « A Gender Gap That Vanished: Tolerance and Liberalism », by Lise Togeby (pp. 313-341). 14. « Political Language », by Lauri Karvonen, Göran Djupsund and Tom Carlson (pp. 343-379). Part VI - Beyond Scandinavia: 15. « Caught in the 'Virgin Trap': Nicaragua as a Cultural Contrast », by Einar Berntzen (pp. 383-399): the cultural tradition; the Sandinista Revolution; women's organisations; 'The Committees of Mothers of Heroes and Martyrs' or the return of marinaismo; conclusion: what difference does a revolution make? |
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