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Opening Doors Wider
Women's Political Engagement in Canada
Sylvia Bashevkin  

$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 3/30/2009
ISBN: 9780774815635    


$32.95 Paperback
Release Date: 1/1/2010
ISBN: 9780774815642    
224 Pages


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About the Book

From the days of the fur trade through the contemporary period, women have played important roles in the public life of Canada. Until the 1970s, however, these contributions were generally overlooked. Opening Doors Wider looks at the progress made in the last forty years to raise the profile of women’s involvement in public life.

The contributors focus on two questions with reference to community activism, the politics of feminist organizing, parties and elections, and the communications environment in which politicians operate. First, are the doors to participation presently open wider than they were in the past? What obstacles as well as possibilities face specific groups of female citizens? Have patterns of media coverage shifted such that women can expect to engage in community groups and party organizations on something approaching an even playing field? Second, how can these doors be opened wider, both in terms of real-world participation and our scholarly understanding of public engagement? What remedies have been proposed? What research directions need to be pursued?

The tightly argued essays shed new light on the quality of public involvement of women in one of the world’s most stable democracies. The nuanced discussion of solutions as well as problems makes this book an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of politics at all levels.

About the Author(s)

Sylvia Bashevkin is a professor of political science and Principal of University College at the University of Toronto. She is the author most recently of Tales of Two Cities: Women and Municipal Restructuring in London and Toronto(2006).

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

1. Introduction / Sylvia Bashevkin

Part 1: Community and Women’s Group Participation
2. Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? / Caroline Andrew
3. Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation / Mary-Jo Nadeau

Part 2: Winning Legislative Seats
4. Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? / Manon Tremblay, with Stephanie Mullen
5. Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit in the House of Commons / Louise Carbert

Part 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences
6. Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open? Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 / Lesley Byrne
7. "Stage" versus "Actor" Barriers to Women's Federal Party Leadership / Sylvia Bashevkin
8. One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer’s Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP / Joanna Everitt and Michael Camp

Part 4: Media and Public Images
9. Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
10. Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand / Elisabeth Gidengil, Joanna Everitt, and Susan Banducci

Part 5: Remedies and Prescriptions
11. Opening Doors to Women's Participation / Sylvia Bashevkin

Contributors
Index

Reviews

Sample Chapter

Front Matter and Chapter One

Related Topics

Gender Studies
Political Science

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