Cabinets, ministers, and gender / Claire Annesley, Karen Beckwith, and Susan Franceschet.
By: Annesley, Claire [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190069049 (ebook) :Subject(s): Cabinet officers -- Selection and appointment | Women cabinet officers | Comparative governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190069018DDC classification: 352.24081 LOC classification: JF1525.L4Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender' explains how cabinets are constructed in democracies, providing detailed information about the formal and informal rules that shape the decisions of presidents and prime ministers in selecting cabinet ministers, and the eligibility and qualification standards for those who aspire to cabinet positions. The text shows how the decisions of selectors and the process of cabinet formation create different opportunities for men and women to be selected, explaining why some democracies have appointed more women to cabinet than others by developing the concept of the concrete floor-the minimum number of women included in cabinet to ensure its legitimacy.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender' explains how cabinets are constructed in democracies, providing detailed information about the formal and informal rules that shape the decisions of presidents and prime ministers in selecting cabinet ministers, and the eligibility and qualification standards for those who aspire to cabinet positions. The text shows how the decisions of selectors and the process of cabinet formation create different opportunities for men and women to be selected, explaining why some democracies have appointed more women to cabinet than others by developing the concept of the concrete floor-the minimum number of women included in cabinet to ensure its legitimacy.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 1, 2019).