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- ISBN 9780275951085
- Publication Date: 17 Jul 1995
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Women play a more visible and prominent role in politics and government in contemporary Norway than anywhere else in the world. They hold close to 50 percent of the ruling cabinet positions; are leaders of the three largest parties; constitute close to 40 percent of those who fill public corporate boards, councils, and committees; hold 40 percent of parliamentary and almost 30 percent of local council seats. Upon closer examination, the Norwegian case reveals patterns of gender inequality similar to those found in the United States and other Western countries. The book focuses on what it would mean for women to attain full political equality with men in Norway and in general.
JILL M. BYSTYDZIENSKI is Professor of Sociology at Franklin College in Indiana. She is the author of Women Transforming Politics: Worldwide Strategies for Empowerment (1992) and Women in Cross-Cultural Tansitions (1994).
