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Substantive Representation of Women in Asian Parliaments
von Devin K. Joshi, Christian Echle
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
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ISBN: 978-1-000-62681-0
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Erschienen am 03.08.2022
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 294 Seiten

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Combining data from nearly 100 interviews with members of parliament from ten Asian countries, the contributors to this book analyse and evaluate the advancement of gender equality in Asia.



Devin K. Joshi is Associate Professor of Political Science at Singapore Management University. He earned his BA at Stanford University and PhD from the University of Washington, and was formerly a Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) fellow at the Free University of Berlin. His research interests include Asian parliaments, women's political representation, globalization, and human development. He is the co-author of the book Strengthening Governance Globally (Paradigm/Oxford University Press) and has written over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles. His recent articles have appeared in International Studies Quarterly; Journal of Contemporary Asia; Politics & Gender; and Women's Studies International Forum.

Christian Echle is Director of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's (KAS) Regional Programme, Political Dialogue Asia, based in Singapore, since June 2017. He was responsible for the foundation's regional media program in Sub-Saharan Africa, which was based in Johannesburg, from 2012 to 2017. Before that, he served as an online editor and social media expert at KAS headquarters in Berlin from 2007 to 2012. He is a journalist by training and has worked for several newspapers and radio stations in the South of Germany between 1999 and 2007. During this time, he received a KAS scholarship for young journalists.



List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Substantive Representation of Women by Parliamentarians in Asia: A Comparative Study of Ten Countries

Devin K. Joshi

PART I

Cases from East Asia

2 Substantive Representation of Women in Japan: Pursuing Gender Equality in a Gender-Insensitive Parliament

Mikiko Eto

3 Substantive Representation of Women in South Korea's National Legislature

Ki-young Shin

4 Substantive Representation of Women in Taiwan: Why Is 42% Not Enough?

Chang-Ling Huang

PART II

Cases from Southeast Asia

5 Substantive Representation of Women in Indonesia

Ella S. Prihatini

6 Substantive Representation of Women in Malaysian Legislatures: Parliament (Dewan Rakyat) and State Assemblies

Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan

7 Filipino Women's Substantive Representation in Electoral Politics

Jean Encinas-Franco

8 Timor-Leste: Substantive Representation of Women Parliamentarians and Gender Equality

Sara Niner and Therese Thi Phuong Tam Nguyen

PART III

Cases From South Asia

9 Women's Substantive Representation in the Parliament of Bangladesh: Understanding Key Trends and Tensions

Syeda Lasna Kabir

10 Substantive Representation of Women Parliamentarians and Gender Equality in Nepal

Aashiyana Adhikari

11 Toward Advancing Substantive Representation of Women in Parliament: Case Study of Sri Lanka

Ruwanthi Jayasekara

PART IV

Conclusion

12 Conclusion: Comparing Women's Representation in Asian Parliaments

Devin K. Joshi

Index


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