Women in Nordic Politics: Closing the Gap

Abstract

Part I Women in Nordic politics: introduction - Scandinavia - a case apart, Lauri Karvonen and Per Selle the political representation of women - a bird's eye view, Nina Cecilie Raaum. Part II Women as voters and party members: gender gaps in Nordic voting behaviour, Maria Oskarson women in Scandinavian party organizations, Jan Sundberg. Part III Organizational participation: social democracy, women and the European union, Ulf Lindstroem trade unions and the feminization of the labour market in Scandinavia, Lauri Karvonen the changing role of women within local voluntary organizations - sex segregation in the voluntary sector, Per Selle and Bjarne Oymyr an alternative movement in a state-friendly society - the women's shelter movement, Kristin Morken and Per Selle. Part IV Public institutions: the declining corporatist state and the political gender dimension, Christina Bergqvist feminization of the central public administration, Per Laegreid women in local democracy, Nina Cecilie Raaum how the election system structure has helped women close the representation gap, Richard E. Matland. Part V Attitudes and symbols: a gender gap that vanished - tolerance and liberalism, Lise Togeby political language, Lauri Karvonen et al. Part VI Beyond Scandinavia: caught in the virgin trap - Nicaragua as a cultural contrast, Einar Berntzen.

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