Yvonne Galligan's Books

Gender Politics and Democracy in post-socialist Europe

By: Yvonne Galligan,Sara Clavero,Marina Calloni

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Gender Politics and Democracy in post-socialist Europe

By: Yvonne Galligan,Sara Clavero,Marina Calloni

This book explores the politics of gender and democracy in post-communist Europe. Utilising the concept of political representation, the book scrutinises women’s legislative presence and highlights the opportunities and obstacles to parity democracy in this region of Europe. The book examines the link between women’s membership of national parliaments and the substantive representation of gender interests. It investigates the role of civil society, the state and the European Union in representing women’s interests and in promoting gender politics. The book provides an important and timely contribution to the classical political questions of who represents, what is represented, and how representation takes place. In adopting an integrated approach to political representation, the book extends current understanding of this fundamental concept. Using new research, it provides the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the interplay between emerging democracies and gender politics in post-communist Europe.

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177

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Barbara Budrich

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ISBN 10

3866491336

ISBN 13

9783866491335

Women and Politics in Contemporary Ireland

From the Margins to the Mainstream

By: Yvonne Galligan

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Women and Politics in Contemporary Ireland

From the Margins to the Mainstream

By: Yvonne Galligan

As Ireland made the transition from a rural to a post-industrial society from the 1970s onwards, Irish women developed a significant political voice. Long excluded from participation in the civic arena, they organised to make new, challenging and specific demands on government. The relationship between feminist representatives and political decision makers is at the core of this book. It shows how Irish women developed the political skills required to represent women's interests to government effectively, and finds that the political activity of the women's movement in the Republic of Ireland contributed to the dismantling of a range of discriminatory policies against women. Galligan discusses the compromises made by both sides as the political system slowly moved to accomodate the feminist agenda. In doing so, she explores the dynamics of Irish politics from a different, yet complementary, perspective from the institutional approach which characterizes other studies of the Irish political system. This book clearly marks the significant points in the creation of a more woman-friendly society in Ireland from the 1970s to the present day. It is the story of women's rights in contemporary Ireland.

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198

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A&C Black

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1855674335

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9781855674332

Fairness in International Criminal Trials

By: Yvonne McDermott

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Fairness in International Criminal Trials

By: Yvonne McDermott

Through careful analysis of current practice, this volume argues that international criminal tribunals should have a role in setting the highest standards of due process protection in their procedures, and that they can have a positive impact on domestic justice systems in this regard.

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