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Provides an appraisal of gender pay equality, assessing advances and barriers to progress through a selection of national policy, institutional and labour market contexts.

Written by leading women's movement scholars, this book applies the idea of social movement abeyance to differing national and international contexts. It compares the trajectories of women's movements in Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

This is the first study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women's parliamentary representation across the world.

Examines the international dimensions of democratization processes, showing the degree to which international actors have an influence on what were once thought of as domestic processes of political change. This book covers areas such as: Portugal and Spain in Europe in the 1970s; and, Eastern and Central Europe in the 1990s.

A study of the impact of semi-presidentialism in democracies outside of Europe. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of semi-presidentialism. It includes case studies that highlight the political processes at work in young semi-presidential democracies. It is useful for those researching in the field of comparative politics.

Presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies. This book offers the first empirical investigation of the relationships both between social and political involvement, and between 'small-scale' and 'large-scale' democracies.

This book examines the relationship between indicators of resource distribution and democratization in the group of 170 countries with data ranging from the 1850s to the present day. Vanhanen argues that the emergence of democracy is closely linked to resource distribution.

Making a case for separating citizenship from nationality, this book comparatively examines a key selection of nation-states in terms of their definitions of nationality and citizenship, and the ways in which the association of some with the European Union has transformed these definitions.

What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? This book tackles this question and other questions, and builds a clear understanding of what makes democracies strong and resistant to autocratic temptation.

This is the first study of the controversial new trends of gender quotas now emerging in global politics, presenting a comprehensive overview of changes in women's parliamentary representation across the world.