This book asks whether the doors to women's participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.

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).

Contributors: Caroline Andrew, Susan Banducci, Sylvia Bashevkin, Lesley Byrne, Michael Camp, Louise Carbert, Joanna Everitt, Elisabeth Gidengil, Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Stephanie Mullen, Mary-Jo Nadeau, and Manon Tremblay.

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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

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