Quotas for Women in Politics
Gender and Candidate Selection Reform Worldwide
Mona Lena Krook
Reviews and Awards
Winner of the American Political Science Association's Representation and Electoral Systems Section George H Hallett Award
"Highly recommended"--CHOICE
"This outstanding book expertly addresses the former gap in the literature, representing a profound advance in our understanding of the adoption and implementation of gender quotes throughout the globe...destined to become a mandatory reference in the thematic area of gender and representation...a must-read for all scholars concerned with the role of gender in politics."--Perspectives on Politics
"Krook's book is an excellent piece of scholarship with multiple contributions to the field of political science, a significant advancement of the study of quotas for women, and an agenda for future research. Her work raises interesting and important questions while also providing a common framework for comparative analysis."--Journal of Politics
"This is and will for some time be the definitive account of the political science of quotas for women."--Joni Lovenduski, Anniversary Professor of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London, and Fellow of the British Academy
"In recent years, gender quotas for legislative office represent one of the critical reforms sweeping the world. Providing original theoretical insights and sifting through fresh case-study evidence, this study synthesizes the literature, carefully examines alternative reasons, and rejects over-simple monocausal explanations of this complex phenomenon. The book provides a major contribution to the fields of women and politics, comparative institutions, and public policy, of interest to scholars and policymakers alike."--Pippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard University
"The best comparative work in the social sciences today combines within-case and cross-case analysis, respecting the integrity of individual cases, while at the same time attending to cross-national patterns. Mona Lena Krook's Quotas for Women in Politics provides abundant evidence of the power of this approach. Krook combines a potent analytic strategy with neo-institutional theory to offer the first comprehensive treatment of this important topic."--Charles Ragin, Professor of Sociology and Political Science, University of Arizona
"This superb and pioneering study asks bold and innovative questions. It is sure to inspire more historical institutionalist studies in gender and politics."--Aili Mari Tripp, Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Krook's work stands out... [and] is methodologically sophisticated, and the narratives she employs are both detailed and well-argued, leading to a convincing presentation of the process that contributed to successful quota implementation in some cases and an understanding of why, in other cases, quota campaigns failed." --Feminist Collections
