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OverviewHistorically, men have been more likely to be appointed to governing cabinets, but gendered patterns of appointment vary cross-nationally, and women's inclusion in cabinets has grown significantly over time. This book breaks new theoretical ground by conceiving of cabinet formation as a gendered, iterative process governed by rules that empower and constrain presidents and prime ministers in the criteria they use to make appointments. Political actors use their agency to interpret and exploit ambiguity in rules to deviate from past practices of appointing mostly men. When they do so, they create different opportunities for men and women to be selected, explaining why some democracies have appointed more women to cabinet than others. Importantly, this dynamic produces new rules about women's inclusion and, as this book explains, the emergence of a concrete floor, defined as a minimum number of women who must be appointed to a cabinet to ensure its legitimacy. Drawing on in-depth analyses of seven countries (Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and elite interviews, media data, and autobiographies of cabinet members, Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender offers a cross-time, cross-national study of the gendered process of cabinet formation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor and Head of Politics Claire Annesley (University of Sussex) , Karen Beckwith (Case Western Reserve University) , Professor of Political Science Susan Franceschet (University of Calgary)Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780190069049ISBN 10: 019006904 Publication Date: 19 September 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationClaire Annesley is Professor of Politics and Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equalities and Diversity) at the University of Sussex. Karen Beckwith is the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at Case Western Reserve University. Susan Franceschet is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |