{"product_id":"varieties-of-power-by-marwa-shalaby-9780231218665","title":"Varieties of Power","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of gender quotas has significantly increased women's representation in national legislatures—not only in democracies but also in many autocracies. To what extent has the growing number of women in authoritarian legislatures granted them more power and influence? What conditions help or hinder women's political participation under autocratic regimes? And what does the role of women tell us about the politics of authoritarianism today?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a decade of fieldwork and a vast data set collected across the Middle East and North Africa, Marwa Shalaby develops a new theory of women's political representation in authoritarian regimes. She examines the dynamics of women's political inclusion in three Arab monarchies—Morocco, Jordan, and Kuwait—with varying levels of quota implementation and where the strength and capacity of political parties differ widely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShalaby demonstrates that the degree to which individual parties have been institutionalised plays a significant role in women's legislative behaviour and political power. Parties play integral roles in recruiting, cultivating, supporting, and elevating female candidates in contexts where women have been excluded from existing networks of power, in nondemocratic systems as well as democracies. Although the introduction of quota systems has expanded women's numerical presence, the absence of institutionalised parties has limited their ability to gain influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNuanced and incisive, \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Power\u003c\/i\u003e offers grounded, comparative insights into the study of gender and politics, political representation, and authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471876145388,"sku":"9780231218665","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/dd7769fa44fdc15f137a9c63a1c1d4bc.jpg?v=1775693018","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/varieties-of-power-by-marwa-shalaby-9780231218665","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}