The Mixed Member Proportional System : providing greater representation for women? : a case study of the New Zealand experience / Tracy-Ann Johnson-Myers.
Johnson-Myers, Tracy-Ann.
2017
JF1075.N45 J64 2017eb
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Title
The Mixed Member Proportional System : providing greater representation for women? : a case study of the New Zealand experience / Tracy-Ann Johnson-Myers.
Author
Johnson-Myers, Tracy-Ann.
ISBN
9783319443140
3319443143
3319443135
9783319443133
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, ©2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 84 pages) : illustrations.
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JF1075.N45 J64 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320
Summary
This Brief discusses the adoption of the mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system in New Zealand and its subsequent effect on representation for women. Concerns about the homogeneity of the legislature under the Single Member Plurality electoral system and the need for increased representativeness and greater proportionality of party preference lead to the changeover in 1996. The book addresses the question of whether an increase in descriptive representation for women in New Zealand's House of Representatives has translated to policy outcomes that are beneficial to them. It also examines the extent to which female MPs meet the expectation that they will act for members of their groups; pushing minority and gender-friendly legislation and policies into the political arena. Finally, it raises questions about where women are found in New Zealand's decision making bodies and what influence they might have on policy outcomes. The first book to examine the effects of the MMP system on female descriptive and substantive representation using a case study analysis, this Brief adds to the literature on electoral systems and women's political representation. This book will be of use to political science students at both the undergraduate and graduate level, particularly those interested in electoral studies, political institutions, politics and gender, and minority representation.
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SpringerBriefs in political science.
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Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Theoretical Framework; References; 2 The Impact of Electoral Systems on Women's Political Representation; References; 3. Mixed Member Proportional System in New Zealand; Minor Parties and Disproportionality; Women's Political Representation (or Lack Thereof); The Royal Commission on the Electoral System; The 1992, 1993 and 2011 Referendum on Electoral Change; References; 4. Effects of MMP on Women in New Zealand; Women in Leadership Roles; References; 5. Selection and Nomination of Women; Women in Political Parties.

Effects of the Nomination and Selection Process on Women; Ranking of Women in Small Parties; Ranking of Female Candidates: Labour and National; References; 6 Substantive Representation; Do Female MPs Represent Women's Issues?; Demographic Makeup of Members' Bills (1996-2014); Women Friendly Bills; Implications of Selected Women-Friendly Members' Bills; Paid Parental Leave; Domestic Violence; Employment and Employment Equity; Children Affairs; Legislative Activities: Parliamentary Debates; Do Female MPs Represent Women's Interests?

Effects of Party Affiliation and Party Ideologies on the Actions of Female MPs; Conclusion; References; Index.

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