TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Preface
 
PART I: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
 
Chapter 1: Global Patterns and Debates in the Granting of Women¿s Suffrage (Ann Towns)
Chapter 2: Gender and Electoral Behavior (Miki Kittilson)
Chapter 3: The Political Representation of Women Over Time (Melanie M. Hughes and Pamela Paxton)
Chapter 4: The Impact of Women in Parliament (Jennifer M. Piscopo and Diana Z. O¿Brien)
Chapter 5: New Horizons in Women¿s Political Rights (Mona Lena Krook)
 
Part II: SUFFRAGE AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
 
Latin America and the Caribbean
 
Chapter 6: Chile: Women¿s Suffrage and Political Participation, 1935¿2015 (Ricardo Gamboa and Miguel Angel López)
Chapter 7: Colombia: Civil Conflict, Violence, and Women¿s Political Participation (Juliana Restrepo Sanín)
Chapter 8: Mexico: The Long Road to Women¿s Suffrage (Gabriela Cano)
 
West Europe, North America, and Australasia
 
Chapter 9: New Zealand: A Country of Firsts in Women¿s Political Rights (Jennifer Curtin)
Chapter 10: Finland: Suffrage, Nation, and Political Mobilization (Irma Sulkunen)
Chapter 11: Switzerland: Direct Democracy and Women¿s Political Participation (Anouk Lloren)
Chapter 12: Canada: Uneven Paths to Suffrage and Women¿s Electoral Participation (Nancy Janovicek and Melanee Thomas)
 
Middle East and North Africa
 
Chapter 13: Afghanistan: Uphill Challenges for Women¿s Political Rights (Andrea Fleschenberg)
Chapter 14: Kuwait: Why Did Women¿s Suffrage Take So Long? (Meriem Aissa)
Chapter 15: Morocco: Ongoing Struggle for More Representation (Katja Zvan-Elliot)
Chapter 16: Turkey: From Symbols to Actors in the Struggle for Political Rights (Marella Bodur Ün)
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Chapter 17: Kenya: Women¿s Suffrage and Political Participation as Voters (Mi Yung Yoon and Christol Okeke)
Chapter 18: Nigeria: Women¿s Suffrage, Change, and Continuities in Political Participation (Chiedo Nwankwor)
Chapter 19: Cameroon: Early Mobilization and Limited Impact of Women¿s Suffrage (Melinda Adams)
Chapter 20: Zimbabwe: Women¿s Mass Movement and Violence (Barbara Rudo Gaidzanwa)
 
East, Southeast, and South Asia
 
Chapter 21: China: Women¿s Political Rights Advocacy (Kimberly Manning)
Chapter 22: Indonesia: Local Advocacy for Suffrage (Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi)
Chapter 23: Malaysia: Middle-Equality Trap (Bridget Welsh)
Chapter 24: Sri Lanka: Struggle for Franchise (Malathi de Alwis and Chulani Kodikar)
 
Easter and Central Europe, Central Asia, and Post-Soviet Republics
 
Chapter 25: Czech Republic: Nationalism, Suffrage, and Political Participation (Dana Musilová)
Chapter 26: Russia: The Great War and Women¿s Political Rights (Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild)
 
PART III: ELIGIBILITY AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION
 
Latin America and the Caribbean
 
Chapter 27: Bolivia: Parity, Empowerment, and Institutional Change (Stéphanie Rousseau)
Chapter 28: Cuba: Women¿s Complicated Political Participation and Representation (Lana Wylie and Sarah Shoker)
Chapter 29: Uruguay: Slow Progress in Women¿s Political Representation (Niki Johnson)
 
Western Europe, North America, and Australasia
 
Chapter 30: United States: Gendered Institutions, Processes, and Outcomes (Kelly Dittmar)
Chapter 31: Sweden: An Incremental Process (Lenita Freidenvall)
Chapter 32: France: The Republic Tested by Parity (Rejane Sénac)
Chapter 33: Australia: Uneven Progress toward Equality in Women¿s Political Rights (Joy McCann and Marian Sawer)
 
Middle East and North Africa
 
Chapter 34: Jordan: Quotas and Change in Women¿s Political Representation (Sarah Bush)
Chapter 35: Tunisia: Changing Patterns of Women¿s Representation (Lindsay Benstead)
Chapter 36: Israel: A Century of Political Involvement (Reut Itzkovitch Malka and Chen Friedberg)
Chapter 37: Mauritius: Still a Long Journey Ahead (Ramola Ramtohul) 
 
Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Chapter 38: Rwanda: Women¿s Political Representation and Its Consequences (Jennie E. Burnet)
Chapter 39: Uganda: Achievements and Challenges for Women in Elected Office (Aili Mari Tripp)
Chapter 40: Niger: Patterns of Women¿s Political Presence Since Independence (Alice Kang)
Chapter 41: Ghana: Stalled Patterns of Women¿s Parliamentary Representation (Gretchen Bauer)
 
East, Southeast, and South Asia
 
Chapter 42: South Korea: Women¿s Political Representation (Young-Im Lee)
Chapter 43: Taiwan: Asiäs Exception (Chang-Ling Huang)
Chapter 44: Myanmar: Women¿s Political Life (Paul Minoletti)
Chapter 45: India: A Contradictory Record (Francesca Refsum Jensenius)
 
Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia, and Post-Soviet Republics
 
Chapter 46: Poland: Regime Transformation and Women¿s Political Representation (Mägorzata Fuszara)
Chapter 47: Slovenia: From Socialist Legacies to Legislative Gender Quotas (Milica Anti¿ Gaber)
Chapter 48: Mongolia: Transformation of Women¿s Representation (Pavel Maskarinec)
Chapter 49: Armenia: Persistent Gender Stereotypes (Kristin Cavoukia and Nona Shahnazarian)

This Palgrave Handbook provides a definitive account of women¿s political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women¿s right to vote and women¿s right to run for political office. This dual focus makes this the first book to combine historical overviews of debates about enfranchising women alongside analyses of more contemporary efforts to increase women¿s political representation around the globe. Chapter authors map and assess the impact of these groundbreaking reforms, providing insight into these dynamics in a wide array of countries where women¿s suffrage and representation have taken different paths and led to varying degrees of transformation. On the eve of many countries celebrating a century of women¿s suffrage, as well as record numbers of women elected and appointed to political office, this timely volume offers an important introduction to ongoing developments related to women¿s political empowerment worldwide. It will be of interest to studentsand scholars across the fields of gender and politics, women¿s studies, history and sociology.

Susan Franceschet is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the author of
Women and Politics in Chile
(2005) and co-editor of
The Impact of Gender Quotas
(with M. L. Krook and J. M. Piscopo, 2012). She has published extensively on women's political representation and political institutions in comparative perspective.

Mona Lena Krook is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, USA. She is the author of
Quotas for Women in Politics
(2009)
, 
as well as numerous articles on gender quotas, women's political representation, and violence against women in politics.

Netina Tan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at McMaster University, Canada. Her dissertation,
Hegemonic Party Rule in Singapore and Taiwan,
won the 2011 Vincent Lemieux Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Canada. She has authored numerous articles on authoritarian resilience and representation of women and ethnic minorities in Asia.