State feminism and political representation

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: State feminism and the political representation of women / Joni Lovenduski -- Gendering political representation: debates and controversies in Austria / Regina Köpl -- The Belgian paradox: inclusion and exclusion of gender issues / Petra Meier -- A politics for presence: state feminism, women's movements and political representation in Finland / Anne Maria Holli, Johanna Kantola -- Gendering the republican system: debates on women's political representation in France / Claude Baudino -- WPAs and political representation in Germany / Lynn Kamenitsa, Brigitte Geissel -- Gendering the debate on political representation in Italy: a difficult challenge / Marila Guadagnini -- High tides in a low country: gendering political representation in the Netherlands / Jantine Oldersma -- The women's movement, gender equality agencies and central-state debates on political representation in Spain / Celia Valiente -- Party feminism, state feminism and women's representation in Sweden / Diane Sainsbury -- Party government and women's representation debates: the UK / Joni Lovenduski -- Women's policy agencies, the women's movement and representation in the USA / Janine A. Parry -- Conclusions: state feminism and political representation / Joni Lovenduski ... [et al.].