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7 - Constitutional Reform and Women’s Political Participation

Electoral Gender Quotas in Post-Arab Spring Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan

from Part II - The Issue of Gender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2020

Tom Ginsburg
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Aziz Z. Huq
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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This chapter examines the role of electoral quotes in expanding women’s political representation in three Arab Spring countries: Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. Drawing on Mona Lisa Krook’s tripartite framework for assessing quota efficacy – focused on how the quota fits within systems, practices, and norms – it suggests general insights that can be drawn from these stories. A key variable, the chapter suggests, is the extent to which the political institution in which the women are participating is itself dysfunctional.

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From Parchment to Practice
Implementing New Constitutions
, pp. 159 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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