This volume brings together international experts to examine and compare women in local government and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spa

"This sourcebook aims at providing local governments with the tools to better understand the importance of gender in the decision-making process and to reach be

This edited volume examines policies aimed at increasing the representation of women in governing institutions in six South Asian countries. Divided into three

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