Opening doors wider

Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction / Sylvia Bashevkin Part 1: Community and Women's Group Participation 2 Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? / Caroline Andrew 3 Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation / Mary-Jo Nadeau Part 2: Winning Legislative Seats 4 Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? / Manon Tremblay, with Stephanie Mullen 5 Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit in the House of Commons / Louise Carbert Part 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences 6 Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open? Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 / Lesley Byrne 7 Stage versus Actor Barriers to Women's Federal Party Leadership / Sylvia Bashevkin 8 One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer's Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP / Joanna Everitt and Michael Camp Part 4: Media and Public Images 9 Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant 10 Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand / Elisabeth Gidengil, Joanna Everitt, and Susan Banducci Part 5: Remedies and Prescriptions 11 Opening Doors to Women's Participation / Sylvia Bashevkin Contributors Index

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