Gendered Electoral Financing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gendered Electoral Financing write by Ragnhild L. Muriaas. This book was released on 2019-06-19. Gendered Electoral Financing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Illustrated by in-depth empirical research from six country studies, Gendered Electoral Financing: Money, Power and Representation in Comparative Perspective is the first cross-regional examination of the nexus between money, gender and political recruitment across the world. Money is assumingly one of the greatest barriers to women in the political recruitment process. The financial disadvantage of women is expected to constitute an obstacle for women’s entry into politics everywhere and especially in developing countries where women’s socio-economic status is disproportionately low relative to men’s. This line of reasoning has caused a global upswing in both candidate- and party-directed financial schemes introduced to enhance gender balance in political office. This book develops a typology of different kinds of gendered electoral financing schemes and builds theories about its causes and consequences. By comparing how gendered electoral financing affects political recruitment processes in both established and emerging democracies, the authors identify whether and how the funding mechanisms incentivize a shift in political behavior. Gendered Electoral Financing is a timely, informative and well-written book that does an excellent job of explaining, in language accessible to students and researchers alike, the cost of elections, gender imbalance in political office and the effects of financial incentive mechanisms to increase women’s representation in politics.
Financing Politics
Financing Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Financing Politics write by Herbert E. Alexander. This book was released on 1984. Financing Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns
Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns write by . This book was released on 2014-04-01. Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. All political parties need funding to play their part in the political process, yet the role of money in politics is arguably the biggest threat to democracy today. This global threat knows no boundaries, and is evident across all continents from huge corporate campaign donations in the United States and drug money seeping into politics in Latin America, to corruption scandals throughout Asia and Europe. Attempts to tackle these challenges through political finance laws and regulations are often undermined by a lack of political will or capacity, as well as poorly designed and enforced measures. This Handbook addresses the problems of money in politics by analysing political finance regulations around the world and providing guidance for reform. The chapters are divided by region; each assesses the current state of regulations in relation to its challenges and offers a series of recommendations to tackle the identified shortcomings. This contextual approach has the benefit of revealing regional trends and patterns. An additional chapter focuses on gender, reflecting the reality that women remain grossly under-represented in politics, and how the increasing influence of money in politics perpetuates this inequality.
Gender and Elections
Gender and Elections - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gender and Elections write by Susan J. Carroll. This book was released on 2013-12-23. Gender and Elections available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The third edition of Gender and Elections offers a systematic, lively, and multifaceted account of the role of gender in the electoral process through the 2012 elections. This timely yet enduring volume strikes a balance between highlighting the most important developments for women as voters and candidates in the 2012 elections and providing a more long-term, in-depth analysis of the ways that gender has helped shape the contours and outcomes of electoral politics in the United States. Individual chapters demonstrate the importance of gender in understanding and interpreting presidential elections, presidential and vice-presidential candidacies, voter participation and turnout, voting choices, congressional elections, the political involvement of Latinas, the participation of African American women, the support of political parties and women's organizations, candidate communications with voters, and state elections. Without question, Gender and Elections is the most comprehensive, reliable, and trustworthy resource on the role of gender in US electoral politics.
Public Financing and the Underrepresentation of Women in United States Elected Political Offices
Public Financing and the Underrepresentation of Women in United States Elected Political Offices - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Financing and the Underrepresentation of Women in United States Elected Political Offices write by Libby Moyer. This book was released on 2017. Public Financing and the Underrepresentation of Women in United States Elected Political Offices available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Approaching the 100-year anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, women comprise approximately 51 percent of the American population but hold only 24.8 percent of state legislative seats and 19.4 percent of United States Congressional seats. The scholarly literature suggests that one contributing factor to this inequality is a real or perceived gender difference in fundraising success. My hypothesis is that state public financing programs will decrease gender inequality in state legislative offices. I examined the role campaign finance plays in gender inequality in elected office by conducting a comparative case study of the state legislatures of Minnesota and Iowa from 1975 to 2017. Since Minnesota and Iowa are similar in many of the other theoretical factors attributed to gender equality, I am able to isolate the effect of public financing. Minnesota implemented a public financing program for state legislative office in 1974. Iowa does not have a public financing program and allows unlimited campaign donations by various types of donors. In 1975, women comprised 4% of state legislative seats in Minnesota and 9% of state legislative seats in Iowa. Currently, Minnesota's state legislature is 32% women, and Iowa's state legislature is 22% women. According to the Center for American Women and Politics, Minnesota ranks ninth and Iowa ranks thirty-first in terms of gender equality in state legislative chambers. I hope my research can provide a preliminary understanding of how public campaign financing can increase gender equality in elected office"--Provided by author.
