Canada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, yet this is a fairly recent phenomenon – one that is largely due to the tireless work of disparate groups of LGBTQ activists.Queer Mobiliza
Canada is considered a leader when it comes to LGBTQ rights, yet this is a fairly recent phenomenon, one that is largely due to the tireless work of disparate groups of LBGTQ activists.Queer Mobilizat
Women in Legislative Representation: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Sex Quotas gives a complete and international perspective on the proportion and impact of women in national parliaments.
Although Quebec's women have been able to vote and run for office since 1940, they still make up less than half of the members of the province's National Assembly and of its representatives in Canada'
Women represent a slight majority of Quebec's population, yet they continue to occupy a minority of seats in its National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate. To explain why this is,
The Ashgate Research Companion to Lesbian and Gay Activism provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current research in this subject. Each o
This collection of thirteen articles on gay and lesbian issues presents current comparative scholarship on the relationships between sexual minority rights movements and the state. The essays are divi
Following significant increases in women's electoralrepresentation in the 1980s and '90s, progress has stalled. Despitesome high-profile successes at the provincial level, there are now onlya few more
