TY - BOOK TI - State feminism and political representation SN - 9780521852227 U1 - 305.42 23 PY - 2005/// CY - UK PB - CUP, KW - Feminism KW - Social Role KW - Women N1 - Includes appendices, index; 1 - Introduction: state feminism and the political representation of women -- 2 - Gendering political representation: debates and controversies in Austria -- 3 - The Belgian paradox: inclusion and exclusion of gender issues -- 4 - A politics for presence: state feminism, women's movements and political representation in Finland -- 5 - Gendering the republican system: debates on women's political representation in France -- 6 - WPAs and political representation in Germany -- 7 - Gendering the debate on political representation in Italy: a difficult challenge --8 - High tides in a low country: gendering political representation in the Netherlands -- 9 - The women's movement, gender equality agencies and central-state debates on political representation in Spain -- 10 - Party feminism, state feminism and women's representation in Sweden -- 11 - Party government and women's representation debates: the UK -- 12 - Women's policy agencies, the women's movement and representation in the USA -- 13 - Conclusions: state feminism and political representation -- Appendix 1 - Tables of women's representation in eleven countries -- Appendix 2 - The RNGS model: summary of variable descriptors -- Index ER -